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The Cherokee Has Spoken
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The Cherokee Has Spoken |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores 
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The Cherokee Has Spoken ~Marge Tindal~1999 I stand and gaze over land my forefathers trod. They walked with spirits I have known. Moccasin prints in the grass below my feet. I walk with the vision of their gods. From the North I feel the cold, cold wind, and from the East the rain... I know the setting of the Westerly sun, and the land of the South calls my name. I do not need to see them, only to believe they are there I am compelled to seek those spirits and to surely hear their cries. This is the land the Cherokee walked ... This is the land where I'll die. And in my passing I,too,will leave stories for those to come. I'll tell the tale of the Cherokee ... on the setting of my sun. The tears have fallen, the deeds were done. I cannot change the legends of time. When the freshwater pools are salted with tears I'll know that this is where the Cherokee died. Into the final longhouse I will enter with pride. For where the Cherokee walked the trails ... I will surely reside. And those who follow these paths will know the truth that I say, I am one proud Cherokee well past my dying day. ------------------ noles1@totcon.com |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Hmm, I haven't been at open for a couple of days and this is the first I read and it makes me quiet. Beautiful ! : ) |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
I enjoyed very much. |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Absolutely Beautiful! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautiful, Marge. The pride of your heritage shines brightly through this one! ------------------ Denise |
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Drauntz Member Elite
since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905Los Angeles California |
"I am one proud Cherokee well past my dying day." Dear Marge, my hero!!! |
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