TEEPEE WOMAN
From the mists that thread the trees
from the smoke of sweetgrass embers
from the earliest passed-down legends
came the ancient symbols
they appear and combine
separate and re-blend
shape-shifting
into forms that hold the world
patterns that explain the skies
solid as oak
fluid as water
ethereal as a dream
you know the mysteries, teepee woman
you see the meanings
you hear the answers
with my brittle, literal, civilized intelligence
I can barely think the questions
tell me what is real
teepee woman
© John Ambury, 2012. All rights reserved.
(Inspired by the acrylic painting “Teepee woman and blue pyramid” by Azhar Shemdin.)
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