In Dedication to: Cree Spiritual Elder/Medicine Man, Vern Harper 'Asin' PSYCHONAUT Dead to the sun The sacred beast Howls shadow moon Wolf mantras Bearing witness To killing the blind self Moaning wisdom On punishing ground Sheltering pain The shaman is hurled Into shifting trance Rites of change Wheels turning In wild song and dance Strange gods reunite Exploring the maze Of savage fate Eagle wings shadow Shared journeys Bending to will Winds of heights The river carves Our totem blood harvest The magician of Atavistic resurgence Thunders trance archaic Devil-gods to the civilized Ghosts of madness Shape-shifting motifs Lost song for a dead time ©2006 Alexis Child