I was once afraid of you.
You kept me from entering .
Guarding that sacred place from me .
You scared me.
Then you came to me in dreamtime
Dressed as an old wrinkled woman.
You told me:
“Learn by changing your perspective,
By seeing a new way to get past those wasps.
You will find a new path or a new relationship
That is so wide open and inviting
That nothing will be shut to you again.”
This is my journey
— Nate Long “Owl”
Mixed media (willow and macaw feather,
and with jade and wood beads).