I Speak

I speak for three-quarters of a century,
but I also speak for eons,
for more than one culture,
for more than one race,
for more than one language,
and perhaps
for more than one
universe,
for more than one
space-time
continuum,
for alternate
realities
and destinies.
We are here
to be free.

We are here
to be free.

I Read Nature

aya goliyase gvwaone goweli ginitloyi,
uduladiiya-dvnede agatisdanete
soi ukadvine,
soi ayadolvne.

ᎠᏯ ᎪᎵᏯᏎ ᎬᏩᎣᏁ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎩᏂᏠᏱ,
ᎤᏚᎳᏗᎢᏯ-ᏛᏁᏕ ᎠᎦᏘᏍᏓᏁᏖ
ᏐᎢ ᎤᎧᏛᎢᏁ,
ᏐᎢ ᎠᏯᏙᎸᏁ.

I read nature like a book,
eagerly awaiting
the next page,
the next chapter.

aya goliyase gvwaone / ᎠᏯ ᎪᎵᏯᏎ ᎬᏩᎣᏁ

ᎠᏯ ᎪᎵᏯᏎ ᎬᏩᎣᏁ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎩᏂᏠᏱ,
ᎤᏚᎳᏗᎢᏯ-ᏛᏁᏕ ᎠᎦᏘᏍᏓᏁᏖ
ᏐᎢ ᎤᎧᏛᎢᏁ,
ᏐᎢ ᎠᏯᏙᎸᏁ.

Sunrise in Aguas Dulces

Sunrise in Aguas Dulces, Uruguay, 7 December 2018.

Psalm 100

Shout to the Lord,
all the earth!

Serve the Lord in joy!
Enter his presence with exultation!

Know that the Lord is God.
He made us, not we ourselves,
his people and the sheep
of his pasturing.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Thank him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good,
his mercy is forever,
and his faithfulness
for all generations.


Translation Copyright © 2018 by Donald Traxler.

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There they were,
most as naked as
I, with youthful
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a teenage girl,
children
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I will have decisions
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