What Spectral Image

What spectral image,
shadow-born,
captures the light
and makes it its own,
as if reclaiming a heritage,
an inalienable right?

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Naked Wisdom 49

ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᏚᏄᏩᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏰᎵᏊ
ᏗᏄᏬᏁ ᎠᏥᏄᎪᏩᏍᏗ ᎤᏴᏠᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎯᎦ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏰᎵᏊ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏁ
ᎠᏥᏄᎪᏩᏍᏗ ᎠᎪᎾᏁ,
ᏂᎯ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎣᏎ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ
ᎠᎴ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ.

If you wear only enough
clothes to banish the cold,
and eat only enough food
to banish hunger,
you will live long
and happy.

ᏅᏓ ᏘᏲᎭᎵ

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 49

ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᏚᏄᏩᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏰᎵᏊ
ᏗᏄᏬᏁ ᎠᏥᏄᎪᏩᏍᏗ ᎤᏴᏠᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎯᎦ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏰᎵᏊ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏁ
ᎠᏥᏄᎪᏩᏍᏗ ᎠᎪᎾᏁ,
ᏂᎯ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎣᏎ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ
ᎠᎴ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ.