Truth / ᏚᏳᎪᏛ

I Have Said It Before

I have said it before,
and I'll say it again;
I belong to no nation
or country, or I belong
to all nations and countries.

All time and space
are one,
and we
are one.


ᎠᏯ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᎤᏓᎷᎸ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ ᎯᏁᎪᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᏔᎵᏁᏛ;
ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎤᏙᏣᎳᏎ ᏂᎦ ᎠᏰᎵ-ᎤᏙᏢᏒ
ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ ᎤᏙᏣᎳᏎ
ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏰᎵ-ᎤᏙᏢᏒᏗ.

ᏂᎦᏛ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏜᏅᏛ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏌᏊ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏌᏊ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.

An Evil Named

ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᎨᏫ ᏓᏘᎾᏎ ᏗᎨᏫᏁ

"If the blind lead the blind,
both will fall into a pit."

Image and Udugi translation © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.

We Are Only Human

We are only human;
the rest is incidental.

Nous ne sommes qu'humains;
le reste est accessoire.

Solo somos humanos;
el resto es incidental.

אנו רק אנושיים;
השאר הוא מקרי.

نحن بشر فقط
الباقي عرضي.

Ni estas nur homoj;
la resto estas incidenta.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Why?

The day is very hot.
Neither I, nor my dog,
nor the trees in the forest,
nor the scurrying geckos
need clothes.
And if you
think I do,
then it is you
who need me
to wear them.
Why?

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Naked in Nature / ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎬᏩᎣ ᎭᏫᎾ

Trees are the guardians
of the planet.
They have wisdom,
and stories to tell.
We feel their communication best
when our skin
is bare.

ᏡᎬᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᎦᏘᏯᏗ
ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎤᎭᏎ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎧᏃᎮᎸᏍᎩᏗᏁ
ᎧᏃᎮᏗ.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏒᎾᏍᏓᏎ ᎣᎯᏗ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᏛᎪᏔᏅᏁ
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎦᏁᎦ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏰᎸᎭ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.