Sky Beings

Sky Beings Present since the day of creation, They define the firmament Populating the night sight sky In ever changing relationships As Galileo’s sphere revolves on it axis Only to reappear for the same journey each night. The focus of fascination and the focus of anthropomorphism They populate Native American myths and legends Recited around the dancing, leaping fires as they send their sparks skyward In the otherwise ink black night. The above people, sky beings, Were venerated in those stories which draw us Both inward and outward to the wonder suspended above. One can only imagine and try to recreate the scene, the stories of “How fisher went to the sky land” (Ojibwe) “The quillwork girl and her seven brothers” (Cheyenne) “They that case after the bear” (Fox) “Women who married star husbands” (Chippewa) “How Spirit dog made the milky way”. These among the others, Give breath and wonder and magic in the silent night darkness To the sky beings above.