Who Am I? / ᎦᎪ ᎠᏯ?

"Who am I?"
"Who are you?"

ᎦᎪ ᎠᏯ?
ᎦᎪ ᏂᎯ?

I'll Burn My Mementos / ᎠᏯ ᎠᎪᎲᏍᏙᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ-ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ

I'll burn my mementos
of the Summer of Love.
I am not a memorist.
I can only be what I am--
a naked poet
disguised as a clothed poet,
and a spewer of languages.

ᎠᏯ ᎠᎪᎲᏍᏙᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ-ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ
ᎨᏳ-ᎪᎩ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ-ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ.
ᎠᏯ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎨᏒᎢ Ꮎ ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ--
ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ-ᎧᏃᎮᎸᏍᎩ
ᎠᏣᏅᏍᎩᏔ ᏥᎸ ᏗᏄᏫᏔ,
ᎠᎴ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᎩ-ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.