Sundance

Fathers, I dance for you. Mother - you gave me breath, Now I return my blood to your care. Children - I dream a hope for you. I ask the sun for Vision, For sight into realms no eye may view, To find an answer, to find escape The pain it costs is nothing To the pain already in my heart Now that I see what these strangers will do if they can To my people, To the land that shares their souls. One hundred pieces of my flesh Is not too much to give For wisdom, for sight of better worlds than this. I give them for the hope that they may buy. The knife is cold. I set the tethers in my skin - The dance begins. Bring me Vision, O Sun! Bring us Life, before they come, Death riding on their Iron Horse. Shine warm, shine strong One last time for us, Before the coming eclipse.