'Spread your voices on the wind'

 

“Spread your voices on the wind, follow your visions, and never give up on the light within.” – White Buffalo Calf Woman

 

In the Land of the Lakota, the setting for many of my novels, White Buffalo Calf Woman is an integral figure in the life and lore of the people.  Portrayed as a protector and guiding spirit, she encourages all to shed darkness in and around our lives; help one another; and be mentors to the young.   

 

From “The Lore of White Buffalo Calf Woman” for Saturday’s Poem, here is,

 

                      The Hoop of the People

“When one sits in the Hoop of The People,
one must be responsible because
all of Creation is related.
The hurt of one is the hurt of all.
The honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do affects everything in the Universe.”

 

White Buffalo Calf Woman gazed

                             Out upon The People as she spoke.

“If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the way it's going to be.”

 

Then she faded into the night sky,

And the wind whispered.