Memory

My, oh my,

look far to the Southwest.

It's 4:21p.m.

December's Sun is dipping, dipping,

almost out of sight.

Every Afternoon,

Sun heads to bed Earlier and Earlier.

Night is Longer, Longer.

What if Sun forgets Return?

Early Peoples watched Sun's Travels closely.

Their Prayers and Stories would honor His Journey,

Interconnectedness of Life.

They would humbly ask for Sun's Return.

Modern Peoples,

oblivious to Nature's Cycles,

view Nature as Machine.

They forget

Wonder of Such Things,

Life's Dependence upon Cycles.

Memory of Early Peoples returns.

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Glinda Crawford, 2008