THE DELIGHT SONG OF TSOAI-TALEE
I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain
I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a child
I am the evening light, the lustre of meadows
I am an eagle playing with the wind
I am a cluster of bright beads
I am the farthest star
I am the cold of dawn
I am the roaring of the rain
I am the glitter on the crust of the snow
I am the long track of the moon in a lake
I am a flame of four colors
I am a deer standing away in the dusk
I am a field of sumac and the pomme blanche
I am an angle of geese in the winter sky
I am the hunger of a young wolf
I am the whole dream of these things
You see, I am alive, I am alive
I stand in good relation to the earth
I stand in good relation to the gods
I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful
I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte
You see, I am alive, I am alive
N. Scott Momaday
from In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. Copyright ©1991 by N. Scott Momaday
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posted by lotusgreen at 2:36 PM
2 Comments:
I can almost always find something that here, visually, or in the post, that catches me, makes me stop & think for a minute, right up t- oh! pretty!
"I stand in good relation to the earth.
I stand in good relation to the gods..." Has me wondering, as a modern man who spends too much time indoors, on the computer, watching TV...just how alive am I?
OK. OK. Did a drawing marathon yesterday...a little redemption...kinda alive....
make a garden. or find a garden and make it yours. make that the site of your next ten drawing marathons! ;^)
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