Bear

Bear, Proudly Standing, full of grace and strength,

you appear before us,
your face alight with the wisdom of one who has journeyed far
and witnessed much of man`s inhumanity to man.

Your gentle eyes weep for the pain you have borne witness to,
your soul afire with the knowledge that there is
so much more to the Walk around
the Sacred Hoop.

Your mind blazes with the desire to communicate to we,
the two-legged, that all life is infinitely precious,
and to be held sacred and revered.

There comes a gentle stirring from Within, like autumn leaves
blown by a restless wind, it harkens us back to a time,
when All walked as One.

When the force of Great Mystery moved across the face
of the waters in the veil of silver moonlight,
and rode freely upon the Seven Winds.

Wise Sister, who reminds us that Destiny`s Beginning and End,
                                                      resides not Without . . . but Within

                                                     I thank you for your Selfless Love, and pray
                                                   we will all hear your call to Awaken
                                                  to the glowing embers of
                                                the Soul`s Memory.