I Am Neither

I am neither Christian nor Jew,
nor Buddhist, nor Hindu.
My being is in their source,
and far older, too.

I look out upon a dream,
and inward upon a fire.

ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎥᏝᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏁᏁᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏏ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏕᏲᏗᏍᏙ, ᎠᎴ ᎯᏁᏚ.
ᎠᏆ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏗ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ, ᎾᏍᏋ.

ᎠᏯ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏙᏰᎯ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏍᎩᏘᏍᎦ ᎾᎿ,
ᎠᎴ ᎭᏫᏂ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎾᎿ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

From My Chair / ᎠᏆ ᎦᏍᎩᎶ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ

From my chair
I survey worlds
and encompass time.
Both past and future
live in the present,
and become sublime.
I cannot bless virtue
or erase a crime,
but I can contemplate
the underlying
splendor.

ᎠᏆ ᎦᏍᎩᎶ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ
ᎠᏯ ᎠᏟᎶᏍᏓᏎ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯᏗᏁ
ᎠᎴ ᎦᏌᏆᎸᏍᏓᏎ ᎢᎪᎯᏓᏁ.
ᎢᎬᎳ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ
ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎠᏎ ᏃᏊᎯᏓ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᎴ ᏗᏙᎳᎦᏎ ᎠᏓᏌᎳᏙᏗ.
ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾᏁ
ᎠᎴ Ꮭ ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ ᏌᏊ ᎠᏍᎦᏅᏨᏁ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏯ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᎢ
ᎯᎠ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ-ᎦᎾᎬᎠᏁᏖ
ᏗᏙᎳᏘ-ᏗᎧᏁᏗᏁ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler