Hear the Drum Speak

HEAR THE DRUM SPEAK

Hear the Drum speak.
Let it remind you
of days with the Old Woman
the Visions she saw
the Dreams she had.

Hear the Drum speak
of days of learning
to smoke the Pipe
of burning Tobacco
and Sweetgrass.

Hear the Drum speak
of days we Fasted
for guidance
from the Creator
and in gratitude.

Hear the Drum speak..

(published 1990 in "Writing the Circle Native Women of Western Canada" and then in "There Will Always Be a Sky' a children's book by Nelson Canada, Ontario, Canada 1992)