The Story of Na-gah (Re-post from Corner Pub)

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Lighthousebob
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0 posted 2007-04-23 12:50 PM

The Story of Na-gah
(Inspired by Native American folklore)
http://www.indians.org/welker/northsta.htm

As legend tells it, long ago,
The people of the sky,
So rushing were they to and fro,
They left their trails on high.
While gazing up, we surely know
The legend to be true
For, like the stars, our lives do tow
A trail that leaves a clue
That in our living, as we go,
Our paths are fading too.

Well, when the world was very new,
One born upon the earth
Could climb up where he wanted to
And did so from his birth.
His name was Na-gah, like the ewe,
Who lived up in the peaks
And, as the youngster grew and grew,
He climbed the more each week
Until the world made much adieu
About him—so to speak.

Yes, Na-gah sought the highest peak
To climb its highest spot,
But, as he climbed, the path grew bleak
And bleaker still it got.
He climbed and climbed, the top to seek,
And kept on climbing still
In hopes to one day catch a peek
And there his dream fulfill
Though, trained he much in “climb” technique,
The trek was past his skill.

Then, by pure luck or by sheer will,
A passage Na-gah found
That led him up to feel the thrill
Of reaching Higher Ground.
While, on the top, where joy did spill,
’Twas great to see the world
Beneath, from space, where felt such chill,
Amongst where planets twirled,
And known each mountain, every hill,
And every dream unfurled.

Next, as, with bliss, Na-gah gazed on
While rumbling shook the ground
And passage traveled, crumbled, gone,
Was path no longer found,
His Father, Sun, when in his dawn,
Came walking on the sky
And saw the evils goings on,
Saw that his son might die,
Saw to his plan that he should spawn
A star for you and I.

No, not a star like other stars,
For Na-gah’s is most bright
And never does he move that far
Like other stars at night.
Yes, Na-gah is the Northern Star
Who’s always found in sight
To help, no mater who you are,
To set your bearings right,
So, as you travel, near or far,
Your trails be bathed in Light.

Lighthouse Bob

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