Drums For Peltier

Drums for Peltier,
conga drums,
water drums,
bata drums,
Ponca drums,
Lakota drums,
Otoe drums,
Cheyenne drums,
First Nation drums,
Azteca drums,
tiapanwewetl drums,
teponaztli drums,

Danzantes pray against the earth,
calling ancestors for counsel
with ceremony of respect,

First Nation drums,
skin tight
hands slap the skins,
new skin
over old skin,

heart beat,
breath beat,
dream beat,
the drumming of feet
on mother earth,

she drums back in contentment,
deep voice of love,
drumming for Peltier

across the night,
sunrise and sunset,
drumming ocean waves of hope,
crashing the rocks of injustice,

put them hands on the skin,
new skin over old skin,
ancestor skin,
seven generation skin,
regeneration skin,
we go on beating,
never retreating,
we are skin
caressing skin,

drum echoes dance Paha Sapa,
dance Leonard,
repair the circles,
spirit drums,
eagle drums,
wolf drums,
all relation drums,

hand in hand,
arm in arm,

wall of voice
calling for freedom,
for Leonard,

handing him the drum,
the skin of our soul,
beating the drum
for us and Peltier,
for generations of breath
that sing in the drum.

By Phil Goldvarg © 2000

H Gold

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