Donald Traxler's Poetry

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Mammal and Machine

Mammal and machine coexist,
but which has the greater potential?
We cannot compete
with silicon speed,
yet the hardware brain
has no heart,
and no intuition.
Our thought processes
are slow,
yet adaptable to any condition.
Our memories have little recollection,
yet we have a divine connection.

But more, more than all the above,
we have the ability
to love.

Universal Beliefs / ᎢᎬᏩᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏒᏗ

My religion is the oldest in the world.
I believe those things
that humans have always believed.
The elements of my religion
were said by Aquinas
to be a proof of
the existence
of God.

I have no need
for another creed.

ᎠᏆ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᏍᏙᏗ
ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎾᎿ.
ᎠᏯ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᎭᏎ Ꮎ ᏴᏫ
ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᎯᏎ.
ᏑᏓᎴᎩᏗ ᎠᏆ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗ
ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎯᏁᎩᏔ ᎠᏈᎾ* ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ
ᎨᏒᎢ ᎪᎯᏳᏙᏗ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ-ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ
ᏐᎢ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗᏁ.

*ᏗᎦᏃᏣᎵ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ Ꮎ ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏙᏗᏎ ᎠᎴ ᎪᏪᎶᏗᏎ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎠᏂᏰᎸᏍᎬ.

Monday, March 4, 2019

This Body Is the Carrier / ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏫᏗᏍᎩ

This body is the carrier of the seed,
and the vehicle of spirit.
It is what it is,
and is not to be hidden
or denied.

If we shall have salvation,
it will come from us,
in these bodies.

ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏫᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᎦᏔ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏦᏚᏗ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ,
ᎠᎴ Ꮭ ᎠᏎᎤᏎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᏗᏍᎦᎶᏗᏔ
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏯᏍᏗᏔ.

ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᎰᏎ ᎥᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗᏁ,
ᏅᎶᏎ ᎢᏧᎸ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ,
ᎾᏍᎩ-ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ.

Naked Wisdom 64

ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏃᎴ ᏅᎶᏎ, ᏥᏍᏆᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏓᏎ ᏏᏴᏫ-ᏐᎢ.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏛᏓᏍᏓᏎ, ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏙᏎ ᎾᏍᏋ ᏂᎯ ᏗᏜ.

If a storm is coming, the birds tell each other.
If you listen, they will also tell you.

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 64

ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏃᎴ ᏅᎶᏎ, ᏥᏍᏆᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏓᏎ ᏏᏴᏫ-ᏐᎢ.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏛᏓᏍᏓᏎ, ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏙᏎ ᎾᏍᏋ ᏂᎯ ᏗᏜ.

Friday, March 1, 2019

We Don't Need Names for Each Other / ᎢᏧᎳ Ꮭ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᏚᏙᎥᏗᏁ

We don't need names for each other;
we only need our essences.

ᎢᏧᎳ Ꮭ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᏚᏙᎥᏗᏁ ᏏᏴᏫ-ᏐᎢ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ;
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏙᏗᏁ.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

I Am Only A Man

I am only a man,
and an old one at that,
I've lived to learn,
and somehow learned
to live.
I've found that the most
important part
is in the learning
of the heart.