Ken Jordan Poet Light Verse

This Rock

Poem: This Rock
Poet: Ken Jordan
Edited By: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/2012


This rock
This Holy 
piece of stone -

 Bestowed  upon
the Pueblo People
of the 
Tribal Nations
by the 
Great Spirit,

some
seven thousand
years ago -

Gave way to
a Ceremonial 
tribal gatherings
to
give
thanks, honor
and prayers
to the
Great Spirit
for blessing
them with ,

This Rock
This holy 
piece of stone -

The Pueblo People
sang 
and 
danced
as they
held
this priceless
Devine 
and 
Sacred Rock
majestically 
to
the heavens -

And
on  this day
became
the first known
people
to set foot
on these 
hallowed
grounds
of the
Grand Canyon -

Their master
craftsmanship  
of masonry 
showed
in their
Dwelling's -

They built
communities  
on this
stoney 
"so-called,"
inhabitable 
terrain,
constructed
from

This Rock
This Holy 
piece of stone -

Even now
remnants
of their
craft
still shadows
the valley -

There are
caves
on the face
of the canyon
ancient as time -

 And
Ruins of 
Stone Huts
in the
Bottomland 
down by 
the river -

Their faith,
hope,
strength,
and will,
reflects
today
from their
past -

In the
solitude of
the setting sun,
one can hear
old  voices
speaking 
in native tongue,
Echoing
across the canyon,
carried by
the silent wind -

O' Great Spirit
this Rock 
is your
hand print -

This Rock
is
the breath 
of YOU-

And YOU
bestowed
This Rock
upon
a grateful
and 
humble people -

And
they held
This Devine
and
Sacred Rock
majestically 
to the heavens -

praising  you
for their
new found
beginning's -

Their legacy
lives on today
through the
new keepers
of 
the canyon -

The Hopi
and Zuni
nations -

Who are
master
craftsmen
in their own
spirit...

The Torch
burns bright
in remembrance 
of the
Pueblo People,
and
what they
achieved
with a Rock-

This Rock
This Holy 
piece of stone -

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