Heritage

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    Heritage
    I hear the drums within the clouds,
    the music in the leaves.
    I feel a touch, they all reach out...
    ancestors who have needs.

    I feel the sail beneath my feet,
    and grains of time caress.
    I feel the earth deep in my soul,
    but what will come of this?

    My blood is not the proven kind,
    it measures no amount.
    I have no number from the whites,
    and my brothers' turned me out!

    I hear the flutes upon the wind,
    the voices from the sky.
    I feel the touch, they all reach out,
    ancestors who have died.

    I have no ties, or friends of kind,
    no one to share with me.
    the red path died long ago...
    still...
    I am a Cherokee.

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    ApaqRasgirl commented on Heritage

    07-21-2010

    Dear friend, that was fantastic, your closeness to mother nature is clearly heartfelt, I too am Native American Blackfoot like you I also have no number from the whites and sometimes I am not accepted in either. I love this write, it speaks from your heart, thanks for sharing. please read one of mine called Mother earth I hear you calling my name, and mother earth I feel your pain
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    kaddeesh commented on Heritage

    09-17-2009

    Absolutely beautiful!!! You have a singular talent, Litilraven. I enjoyed reading, nay, experiencing this piece. I'm off to work now but I will return and read all of your work later. Thaks for sharing!
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    litilraven

    09/17/2009

    Thank you Kaddeesh. I appreciate your compliment. I look forward to reading your works as well :)

    To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

    Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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