We Wolves Know

We wolves know
a thing or two
about you dogs.
First, we know
where you came from,
and how you got
from there to here.
We tolerate you,
we accept you,
sometimes we mate with you,
but we cannot
be you.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Many Things Change / ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏴᏓᏎ

Many things change in our lives,
but what is essential does not.

ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏴᏓᏎ
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮎ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏛ Ꮭ ᎢᏴᏓᏎ.

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We Spend Our Lives

We spend our lives
in a search for beauty,
hoping to possess it.
It slips through our fingers,
and we see in the end
that it was only
light and shadow,
and the Divinity that lives
in the space between atoms,
and the space between stars.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Man and Sun / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ

Man and sun,
a precious moment in time,
when all is well
and Nature is beneficent.

ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ,
ᏌᏊ ᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᎢᏳᏊ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎣᏍᏛ
ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᎣ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎣᏍᏛ-ᎿᏛᎦᏁᏖ.

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Naked Wisdom 62

ᎬᏩᎣ ᎭᏫᎾ, ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎣᏪᏅᏒ ᎾᎿᎢ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎪᎵᏍᏓᏎ ᏏᏴᏫ ᏐᎢ.

In nature, I am at home. We understand each other.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 62

ᎬᏩᎣ ᎭᏫᎾ, ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎣᏪᏅᏒ ᎾᎿᎢ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᎪᎵᏍᏓᏎ ᏏᏴᏫ ᏐᎢ.

We Live in Two Worlds

We live in two worlds
at the same time.
One is ancient, traditional,
bred into us
over millennia.
That world is fading,
but still very much alive.
The other is new,
younger than us,
and largely unknown.
Can we bring them together
to live in peace,
or will one of them
have to go?

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.