If the Body Still Serves

If the body still serves,
we will inhabit it,
and when it doesn't,
we won't.
Some whom we loved
have already gone on,
making them
closer than ever.

We feel their presence,
and are stronger for it.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Twangy Ballads

Twangy ballads
on digital downloads.
the end of the Trail of Tears.

ᎠᏍᏛ-ᏕᎦᏅᏅ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ
ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏒ-ᎠᏍᏆᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᎦᎴᏍᏗᏗ ᎾᎿ,
ᎤᎵᏍᏛ ᎨᏥᎧᎲᏓ ᎠᏁᎬᎢ ᎥᎿᎢ.

Text © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.