I Pray For Peace
Makha' woblu your strength I find
Wit e' spreads her arrows of light to find our way
From the marauding darkness. I pray humbly and kind
For feather and fawn to softly rest on the hearts of our oya'te
Beware! Blota'hunka has sent his ravens to ravage and malign
So that Ozuye swallows the night in dreams that fear and betray
May 8, 2023
Bite Size Contest no.63 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
Lakota translation:
Makha' woblu - wolf
wit e' - moon
Oya'te' - tribe, people
Blota'hunka - war chief
Ozuye - war or conflict
Copyright © Lonna Blodgett | Year Posted 2023
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