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Poems / Stories by Miyakhota
Miwatani (Mandan, River People)


Time and Snow Flakes
Sun Rise in Winter



Time and Snow Flakes

Standing by the window
watchin the snow flakes
fall - they did not stick - but
melted right away - they
reminded me of time - the future
the present - the past - we can not
go back and change the past - or
erase one word that been said
we can not delete a single touch
or change the things we did - in
just a blink the past is made
and forever remains the same

copyright© Dec. 1996 by Miyakhota

Sun Rise in Winter

A cold - cold morning
twenty degrees - watching
my breath float on the
air - then on my left - the
sun begin peeking over the
rim of our Earth Mother
the colors - purple - pink
rose - orange - yellow - the
grey of the clouds - the
turquoise blue of the
sky - changing - moment
by moment - becoming
ever more beautiful
suddenly - the golden web
cresting abow the ruin
become a bright shining
light - how creative is
our God

copyright© Dec. 1996 by Miyakhota