We Are Going Back to Gunland / ᎢᏧᎳ ᎱᎷᏣᏎ ᎦᎶᏇ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏜ

We are going back to Gunland
without a gun,
to the land of prejudice
without prejudice.
We have placed our faith
and our trust
in love,
the only safety
that we know.

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎱᎷᏣᏎ ᎦᎶᏇ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏜ
ᎦᎶᏇ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ,
ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏜ ᎠᏓᏛᏳᏤᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎠᏓᏛᏳᏤᏗ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᏩᏗᏱᏎ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎪᎯᏳᏗᏁ
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎰᏩ-ᎠᏰᎸᏗᏁ
ᎨᏳ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎤᏩᏌ ᏄᎾᏰᎯᏍᏛᎾ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

On the Beach at Dawn / ᎠᎹᏳᎳᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎤᎩᏥᏍᎬ ᎾᎿᎢ

On the beach at dawn
low tide, dog tracks in sand,
Betty has been fishing.

ᎠᎹᏳᎳᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎤᎩᏥᏍᎬ ᎾᎿᎢ
ᎡᎳᏗ ᏓᏣᏁᎬ, ᎩᎵ-ᎦᏅᏅᎢᏗ ᏃᏯ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᏇᏘ ᎠᏑᎲᏍᎩᏎ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.