AJ;Dancing Brother

I watched you grow up
in that Circle
You took those songs
into your feet and
traveled with the
Holy Ones

I listened to grandfather's
stories of how Monster Slayer
and his brother
Born for Water traveled on
rainbows and lightning
and I dreamed
of how one might do this as
you danced amidst
those northern rainbows
and those southern LIGHTNINGS

I took the Drum Road
You took
the Dancing Trail and
with your
beaded mocassins

the courage of the People

you took our family's sorrow
sweated it back
to Mother Earth while
your outfit shone like a thousand
beaded stars

I sang
the people's pain and joy

and
when we watch you, AJ
the Trail is so clear
with Steps unfaltering
for

as Hope whirls
before our eyes...