Tasunka-Witko

(From 'Searching For Crazy Hose' Published in 2011) Crazy Horse's final words to me as our search ended.... “My son, you can search, but without your vision it’s hopeless Its message I saw before you so very long ago You have now searched the heights and the depths of its border Finally living inside it, separate no longer from yourself You were called by the wind to climb and go higher Your soul casting no shadow, nothing blocked from your sight That which keeps you from seeing is no longer inside you What stays with you now lives beyond a thousand goodbyes Your name has been added, and your place is now vacant The pipe sits ready in council for when your time will come With one foot in this land, you step beyond with the other And in my Father’s lodge, all speak your new name . . . . ‘Wana Hin Gle’ (He Who Happens Now) This name that I give you will protect and sustain you Guarding you, and you alone, from the lack of yourself Others may hate, and may even hunt you Killing only what they fear, while making you strong Rest easy, my son, for you’ve seen them in passing Their blind spot in eternity not worthy of your eye You no longer need the West or my words to console you The substance of your vision is now released and set free”