A Long Time Ago

There were times I loved you more than earth, sun, and sky

Time that I wanted to hold you more than a child who wants his mother oh so shy

Let the heavens and the nature know your calling, and I am waiting for you in the woods

The owl is looking over and the wolf is taking ground, for your heart to be mine

In the dusk of the moon, let the coyote talk to the trees and the racoons wrestle in the breeze

For a long time ago, I held you, you left me without a moments notice, you were drifting in the rivers flow

Time has meaning, it hungers for our love, it never leaves our side, but the echoes of our spirit take hold

Our native soul, never forgotten, our blood shed for more than profit, and my womb aches for your flesh

The flesh of our being, our tribe will never be the same, without you in my life, I can only hang my head in shame

It is so long, long ago, a long time ago