Runaway Dreams by Richard Wagamese

Author:Richard Wagamese [Wagamese, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, American, Poetry, Canadian
ISBN: 9781553801290
Publisher: Ronsdale Press
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

me I seen that too an’ I looked at her

and my face wasn’t so big and sad no more

“you bring the fire here,” she said

“you light the flame where we gather

an’ you cause all that to be, my boy

you take care of us that way

keep us warm, keep us fed, keep us happy

every stick you gather is a part of that

a part of learnin’ how to care for us

and when you learn how to do that good

your grandfather will come

and show you how to hunt.”

me I never forgot that

and I learned to be a fire-keeper

before I learned to hunt and trap and net

that’s how the teachin’s work, my boy

learn them slow and they become you

and you in turn become them too

more Anishinabeg, more Injun, more human being

and by the time you turn around on that path

to look back on where you come that’s when you get to see

that you learned the biggest thing first

to care for people

to light a fire in the night

for them to follow home

and us we’re all the same us people

guess we’re all Injun that way us humans

we tend to that one heartbeat that joins us up

like we tend a fire to keep our people warm

and fed and happy

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