"Shadows and Form" by Mark Wagner, ©2001



Earth our mother, breathe forth life

all night sleeping

now awakening

in the east

now see the dawn


Earth our mother, breathe and waken

leaves are stirring

all things moving

new day coming

life renewing


Eagle soaring, see the morning

see the mysterious new morning

something marvelous and sacred

though it happens every day

Dawn the child of God and Darkness



— from The Hako, a Pawnee ceremony





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