Native American sweat lodge

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