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| Name: | Song To A Caddo Woman |
| *Dimensions: | 40.5inH 21inW above stone | | Edition Size: | 50 | | Medium: | Limited Edition Bronze Mounted in Stone | | Price: |
$3,200. |
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| | Song To A Caddo Woman Writing/Poem: | SONG TO A CADDO WOMAN
Great Spirit smiles upon you this day,
Caddo Woman,
Woman of times long past.
I can see from the bones of your face-
Sweetly you smiled,
In those days when you walked these gentle knolls,
These soft slopes.
I can see you walked in beauty and grace.
Whoever you were
Whoever you are,
No more must you wait
In the stuffiness of some white man's garage,
Or under some bed as he sleeps over your bones.
No more must you wait
In a zipped up plastic bag
In the darkness of some white man's unsanctified closet.
No more must you be an idle curiosity,
Held in some stranger's hands,
As he contemplates the certainty of his own death.
Your Spirit sings to me today.
It brings me sadness
That some robber of graves
Stole your bones
And your adornments
From the place where your people wept,
Consecrated the ground,
And laid your earthly remains
To what they thought to be
Eternal rest and peace.
With our implements and with our hands,
We have dug for you this day
On the ancient grounds of your people
A new place of rest.
We have consecrated it.
We pray it to be a safe place,
Out of reach
From the unholy, mindless plundering
Of vandals.
We have brought sage
From a sacred place far away.
With the feathers of an eagle
We have smudged your new grave.
We have smudged your bones
And returned them to the Earth
That so long ago brought you to life.
In our hearts
We have each sung our chants and songs for you,
And we have heard the song of joy
Your spirit sings to us.
I hear your spirit sing to me.
Great Spirit smiles upon you this day,
Caddo Woman-
Woman of times past.
May you be with your people.
May you abide in peace and dignity
As you make your journey
Through the timeless winds of forever
Your distant kinsman,
Worrell - 04/15/97 - 4:16p.m. Red River County, Texas.
It is 405 miles from New Art to Clarkesville. The journey was meaningful and worthwhile. |
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