Moon Warrior

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="dec209b3.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cantrell Family Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Moon Warrior</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="debb7830.gif" border=0 width="439" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>~~ MOON WARRIOR ~~</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>When the winds were whispering,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I felt nothing but the breeze blow.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Listening to the sounds left there,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Of ancestors long ago.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You could hear the drums beat,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chanting from the host around.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And I fell down on my knees,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Upon this sacred ground.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A spirit then did call to me,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My child look, there upon the hill.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gazing upward toward the big sky,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I felt this sudden chill.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There stood a Moon Warrior,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Bathed in radiant golden light.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Shining brightly in the stillness,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There in the dead of night.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>By his side a faithful wolf,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As white as winters snow.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>He mirrored the depth within me,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The things my soul did know.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>He was mighty, he was brave,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Yet I knew he was not real.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Moon Warrior had passed over,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But his form was strong like steel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <div> <B>A message he did bring to me,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>His voice resounded clear.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I have not come to harm you,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nor am I the one to fear.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We laid down our weapons,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Our spears we put to rest.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was as though the Sky Father,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Had put us to a test.</B></div> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <div> <B>Our spirits were not to be broken,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>No matter the cost we paid.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Many a fine young Warrior,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We offered up in embers grave.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You must tell our people,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That I still roam this land.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>All the fighting we ever did,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>They now must join and band.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So listen to my words,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let the peace enter your heart.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Believe in yourself and the Elders,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From your teachings do not part.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The cold that coursed my body,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Suddenly left it warm and inspired.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wondering of all I had beheld,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Such things which had transpired.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Moon Warrior turned,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rode off swiftly as he came.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Without his telling me so,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I knew he would be back again.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-3581/EarthandSky.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POETRY"><U><IMG SRC="ded96320.gif" border=0 width="150" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>