Scout's Honor

Listening for the sound
Of firing muskets,
Cannonball explosions,
Broken twigs,
Stallion breath
Paid with disease
For services rendered
Trade-off
Avoiding the
Claustrophobic walls 
Of fort school
Listening
For the Spirit calling
Choice between the
Ancestors of
White father,
Native mother,
Mother Earth singing 
Her ancient song
To a drum
Inside his chest
Spirit of Father Sky
Raining tormented streams
From his eyes



In memory of Grandfather Pierre