Poetry of my people The Great Ojibway (Part I)

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"Great Journey", © Norval Morrisseau -
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Anishinaabekwe, the Daughters,

You are the keepers of the water.

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I am Nibi... water.. the sacred source,

the blood of Aki, Mother Earth,

the force filling dry seeds to great bursting.

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I am the wombs cradle.

I purify.

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Nibi, the lifegiver, forever the Circle's charge

I have coursed through our Mother's veins.

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Now hear my sorrow and my pain

in the river's rush, the rain.

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I am your grandchildren's drink.

Listen, Daughters, always.

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You are the keepers of the water.

Hear my cry, for the springs flow darkly now

through the heart of Aki.

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* The painting in this posting: "Great Journey", 22"x42", © 1976 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/