Native American sweat lodge
By Eva Feld
Tundra
Power penetrates our eyes
Drums
Pierce our ears
Unwritten words encompassing
Live percussion
A communal heart beat
Overtakes the ritual
As crawling participants gather
Into introspection
Laughter, sobs, howls
Men and beast become unison past
Smoke and ashes cloud
Sweat and tears rain
Accomplices beam
The voice of the Indian thunders
Invocated,
All relatives recreate the Universe
Loveland,
OH, September 2015
