I Peer through the Centuries

I peer through the centuries,
looking for what?
For patterns, relationships,
and histories.
Do I find them?
Oh, yes,
too many
to count.

Out of the past
grows the present,
and we will birth
an alien future.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

What Are We to Nature / ᎦᏙᎤᏍᏗ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᏩᎣ ᏗᏜ

What are we to Nature,
but something to carry life
into all the dark corners
of the universe?

And there,
we shall succeed.

ᎦᏙᎤᏍᏗ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᏩᎣ ᏗᏜ,
ᎾᏍᎩ-ᎤᏩᏒ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ
ᎠᏫᏛᏗ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏁ
ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᎳᏏᎩ ᎤᏅᏏᏴᏗ ᎾᎿᎢ
ᏂᎦᏛᎣ ᎥᎿᎢ?

ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏍᏆᏛᎰᏎ.

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ᏅᏙᎢᎦᎡᎯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ / The Sun Is the Source

ᏅᏙᎢᎦᎡᎯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ
ᏂᎦᏛ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎬ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ
ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ.
ᎤᏩᏌ ᎬᏩᎣ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ
ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎢᏧᎸ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏓᎯᏍᏓᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ.

The sun is the source
of all life,
the source of all energy
on earth.
Only nature can
save us,
and we are killing it.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

This Body / ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ

This body is only a remnant
of what it was,
but what it lacks
in youth and strength,
it has in embodiment
of pure spirit.

ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏩᎵᏃᎯᏯᏍᎬ
Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮎ ᎦᎷᎶᎦᏎ
ᎠᏚᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎤᎭ ᎠᏰᎸᎢᏍᏙ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎤᏓᏅᎦᎸᏓ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.

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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.

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Naked Wisdom 60

ᎪᎳᎾ, ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᏍᎬ ᏥᏍᏆ,
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏛ ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᎤᏚᎩᏁ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᎠᎵᎦᎵᏴᎯᏁ.

Golana, the Thunderbird,
is important because
we need hope,
we need strength,
and we need courage.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.