Poems by Carolanne Murphy
We Are Free
The fire is bright,
The drums are beating.
Food will be plenty this night.
We will be together,
We will celebrate our life,
Our love of this land,
Of Mother Earth.
We take no more than we need.
We are free.
Free as the eagle flying high.
We want no war,
Just peace
To live our lives
In our own humble way.
I sit with my family watching the flames dance in the fire,
There is laughter and love all around.
This is how it should be,
I wish this would last forever.
The moon is full tonight
And the wolves howl.
My ears hear every sound
And the sounds are life.
The wolf’s howl,
The eagles cry.
And I thank the spirit of my ancestors
For all that we have.
Today was my first buffalo hunt.
It was exciting and I was not afraid.
Soon I will have my own family
And I will provide for them.
But tonight we tell stories,
We dance.
We celebrate
All that Mother Earth has given us.