Prayers with the People in the Wood
There are Spirits of long-ago locals
They still talk on the edge of a breeze
As the branches click click above
And the leaves twitter with the song birds
The People in the Wood pass in the shadows
Knowing I am there
Knowing I hear them
Knowing I talk back
So we pray together
Joined hand in shady hand
In our very glorious Circle
This is my journey.
— Nate Long “Owl”