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When I Hear the Drums…

When I hear the drums…
I close my eyes
And my mind takes me back
To a place and time long ago
Where I know my soul has lived before
And longs to return again.
A place where all of Creation
Was in harmony and balance.
Where Mother Earth and all her creatures
And Life itself
Was respected
And thought of as sacred.
Where songs were sang and people danced
In celebration and in thanks.
And honor was given to the Great Spirit
For all of the beauty and abundance
And the endless bountiful gifts that had been given.

When I hear the drums…
I am at peace with all the Universe.
My heart beats to the rhythm.
My body is calmed.
My mind becomes quiet.
And my spirit is soothed and comforted.
I feel connected to Mother Earth
And to every living creature.
And I want to dance
With the spirits
Like the Ancestors
In celebration and in thanks
And in honor of
The Great Spirit.
Because my soul feels like it has
Returned home.
When I hear the drums…

©1994 :Susan-kay: Nelson.

 From the Book, “Whispering Spirits of the Soul”

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The Warrior’s Pony

From the Thunder
In the Clouds
Descends a Pony
Fast and proud.

Majestic Stallion
Wild and free
Gallops through
The Night Prairie.

With his Rider
A Warrior, Brave.
On a Journey
To help and save

The Warrior’s People
From the Guns
Of Soldiers who’ll
Come with the Sun.

He must be quick.
He must be strong.
For the Journey
May be long.

His Rider knows
His very soul.
Great Spirit’s chosen
Pony’s Goal.

And gave him power to
Steadily go
Through Peaks and Valleys
Life’s Highs and Lows.

And when the strife is over
And the Battle’s won
And a Nation’s saved
And the Mission’s done.

Then together,
They both will ride
In Clouds of Thunder
Back to the Sky.

© 1994 :Susan-kay: Nelson.

From the Book, “Whispering Spirits of the Soul”

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