There Is Nature

There is nature,
pliable and true,
with million-year history,
and there are
hard-edged machines,
with no history at all.
Which world
will we choose
to live in?

ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏩᎣ,
ᎠᎯᏛᎤᏬᎯᏳᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳ,
ᎢᏳᏆᏗᏅᏓ-ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ-ᎠᏍᏛᎢᏔ ᎪᏢᏅᏙᏗᏗ,
ᎠᎧᎵᏬᎯ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ.
ᎦᏙ-ᎤᏍᏗ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏑᏰᏍᏙᏎ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ?

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Naked Wisdom 57

ᎠᏑᏴᏗ ᎤᏓᏔᏅᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏲᎯᏍᏗ ᏥᏍᏆᏁ
Ꮎ ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏙᏎ ᎤᎦᏔᏁ.

ᎤᏬᏚ ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗ ᎤᎦᏔᏁ
ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᎯᎠ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏬᏚ-ᏅᏃᎯ
ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.


The flavor of the berry
is to bring the bird
that will spread the seed.

The beauty of woman and
man is to spread the seed
of life.

This is the beauty way
of the Great Spirit.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 57

ᎠᏑᏴᏗ ᎤᏓᏔᏅᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏲᎯᏍᏗ ᏥᏍᏆᏁ
Ꮎ ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏙᏎ ᎤᎦᏔᏁ.

ᎤᏬᏚ ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗ ᎤᎦᏔᏁ
ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᎯᎠ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏬᏚ-ᏅᏃᎯ
ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.