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before white-mans' one-god religion

I was one with nature

knew each animal, stone and tree

to possess an independent spirit



before white-mans' one-god religion

there was a lore - the life of a man

for the life of a tree, and the belief,

when trees disappear, magic disappears



before white-mans' one-god religion

I knew my mother's name, and her mother before -

maternal ancestors back to time's

beginning I knew the family line



before white-mans' one-god religion

my ancestral mothers were healer women

queens of the tribe who ruled

with benevolence to keep a balance of unity



before white-mans' one-god religion

I looked down the line of mothers

saw a strain of anarchy prevailed

women who refused to put heir minds to war



before white-mans' one-god religion

women knew war to be

an utterly useles occupation

before white-mans' one-god religion

we were one with all nature





Pamela Sidney 1999