SUN DANCE

                                                    As I sit and I listen to
                                                The sounds of the drum
                                                    The chants and the prayers
                                                I begin to hum.
                                                    As the singers sing
                                                And the dancers dance.
                                                     Into the past I begin
                                                To glance
                                                     The dancers of old, around
                                                The tree they go.
                                                     The songs and the words
                                                They've been taught, and they know.
                                                     They know of the laws of
                                                The Father and Love
                                                     They know of the power
                                                From within and above
                                                     They dance for the people
                                                And sweet Mother Earth.
                                                     They sing for the Father
                                                And their spiritual birth.
                                                      And as I watch in awe
                                                At the things that I see
                                                      I give praise to the Father
                                                For creating me.
                                                      And one day may I share
                                                In this dance of the sun
                                                      Giving thanks to the Father
                                                For all that he's done.


                                                                                                                      Rick Stone