Notes About The Poem
"Unlayee" is a Cherokee word that means: A place to gather in friendship.
Unalayee - a Gathering Place of Friendship
We are the weavers of our words
We weave the blanket that covers us
Gives warmth to our bodies
And peace to our souls
We weave the picture of us,
The hawk, the fish, the deer,
The stream, the snow, the winds that blow
The sun that rises and the stars that lead us
They are the spirits of earth and the heavens
We weave from the spirit in the wool
With words from the legends of our ghosts
Our hands are the storytellers
Teaching the hearts of our children
For we weave to tell them the story
So they will not forget the words
Our words are like the breath of who we are
We breathe in to take in the life we need
We breathe out to give back to our world
All that we are and have created
We speak our words of joy and peace,
Of the drum of war and the thunder of our gods
Listen to the crying of our people chanting
Of the life that was before they divided us
The threads we weave are bound with the blood
That flows from the rivers of our circle
Known as UNALAYEE
The gathering place in our heart
The sacred seed of our people
So gather now in friendship, love and peace
And warm your spirit with all the stories
Set upon the weave of our blanket
And know how your life is given
March 3, 2023
Strand Pemiere No 1194 Poetry Contest
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