except the fools and the stubborn
know the rhythm of life is same
in north, south, east and west
and all sing sacred songs, saying
prayers looking up, or deep within
to that beyond, beyond the ordinary
consciousness, while blessing those around
and performing with folks ceremonies, rituals
religious in essence, ever struggling
to follow instructions as the earth woman
the spouse of the morning star,(1) struggled
before breaking command to feel
loneliness while man was out
hunting, gathering food
to return home to feed
family, evolved from a simple promise
broken by a longing for someone
not the spouse, by letting in the flood
of lust, the beginning of loneliness;
in sky country too they let go the woman
know the rhythm of life is same
in north, south, east and west
and all sing sacred songs, saying
prayers looking up, or deep within
to that beyond, beyond the ordinary
consciousness, while blessing those around
and performing with folks ceremonies, rituals
religious in essence, ever struggling
to follow instructions as the earth woman
the spouse of the morning star,(1) struggled
before breaking command to feel
loneliness while man was out
hunting, gathering food
to return home to feed
family, evolved from a simple promise
broken by a longing for someone
not the spouse, by letting in the flood
of lust, the beginning of loneliness;
in sky country too they let go the woman
(1) The story is told among the Blood Kainai people of Southern Alberta about a girl who married the morning star. She went to live there with the spouse and the day she failed to obey the instructions of the husband, she became lonely and eventually returned to her people on the earth. Cf. The Girl Who Married the Morning Star, by Mary Hays and Louis Soop, World on a Maple Leaf: A Treasury of Candian Multicultural Folk Tales, Edmonton: United Cultures of Canada Association, nd. Pp. 45f.
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