“The Long Sleep ©"
by
David H. Carnes (David GreyOwl)
Where have all the Buffalo gone? Where have all the Buffalo gone?
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
I woke to discover the land was bare, as bare as the floor of a lodging just erected.
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
Where have all the Buffalo gone? Where have all the Buffalo gone?
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
I woke to the horror that the land of my fathers was no longer our land.
While I slept, the land of my fathers lay unguarded.
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
Where have all the Buffalo gone? Where have all the Buffalo gone?
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
I woke to find that I could no longer hear the voices of my fathers.
I could no longer hear the voices of my fathers because of the sorrow and tears
being shed because the land of my fathers was no longer our land.
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
Where have all the Buffalo gone? Where have all the Buffalo gone?
I only closed my eyes for a moment Grandfather, after the long hunt.
I woke to see a Warrior standing before me, Grandfather helping me to
my feet and showing me all the wonderful things that used to be, and all the things that
came to be. “You closed your eyes for a moment. The Warrior said. Close not your eyes again
after the long hunt. See what Grandfather has for his children and be ready. Do not allow things
that came to be, come to be again.”
I only closed my eyes for a moment.