By: Carleen Phillips Wabun, Spirit Keeper of the East of birth, youth and Spring You play on heightened wings Your sharp eagle’s eyes turns our vision outward We seek to improve and soar on wings of our own truth Shawnodese, Spirit Keeper of the South and teacher of all You are the cunning, sly coyote You show us who we are and what we may become You give us hard lessons and even harder love Mudjekeewis, Great Bear Spirit Keeper of the West You are strength our inner search We tap into your knowledge and make it our wisdom as life lays out our path Waboose, Spirit Keeper of the North You come to us with pictures pure as white hide O Great Buffalo You turn our sight within and prepare us for rebirth as the Medicine Wheel turns, as life cycles, fading, and beginning anew. |