Bloody bayonets kill pride
the Lakota, the Sioux, running
over rivers of conceit they roam
along Crazy Horse Canyon…
Face paints, yellow lightning bolts
and powder, war bonnets, sacred
songs sang by the Oglala today
a protector of a people…
Indian wars, fighting warriors,
spirits calling Conquering Bear
& Little Hawk leading us to
the Black Hills, ‘Pahá Sápa’…
Inspired by visions of Sitting
Bull, massacres of innocent Indians
take a turn alongside bloody shores
of The Little Bighorn River…
‘Valley of Chieftans’ that battlefield
known as Greasy Grass, lies the
defeated, broken body of General
Custer on Last Stand Hill…
The Great Spirit, ‘Wakan Tanka’
divine energies breathe through
canyons of time whispering,
“Tȟašúŋke Witkó, his horse is crazy”…
Grey Sparrow Journal 