Passing Beyond
I’m going to watch you die…
but before I do
I will foretell your story
The story of the White Bird
The Great Mystery
and the Silver Seed
The White Bird carries
in its talons
the Silver Seed of all mankind
A seed that will allow you
to move past what you have been afraid
of for so long
When the White Bird
passes overhead
it will drop the Silver Seed
You must be dead
before the seed
touches the ground
Then, the White bird
will turn into
the legendary Hawk of Thunder
And carry you off
into the land
of the great Wakan Tanka
The decision to leave
being yours
and yours alone
Passing beyond
what time has frozen
—passing beyond what then has been
(Pine Ridge South Dakota: August, 2011)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 19, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 662 |
Words | 132 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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