Shaman at the Door of the Forest
When the sky falls in a river of
tears
Illuminations of forest who
Breathe wind possessed by fires of
another century
Shamans giving the dance
of winds who have torn their leaves
of blood
dust to prophets who share
a river of stars
Souls of wolves opening the door of
all forests
who have revealed light
owls wearing masks of silver
Black river of mythology
Lost souls who dream on rivers edge
Rivers of lost voices
the wind and mountains awaken
the shaman who turns fire into
symbols of
sky and earth
Forming life and fear and
love and desire
of the last mountain
the earth turning colors
Wolves circle a dance of the wind
the dance of the wind for a shaman
who
stands holding light and fire by the
edge of all forests
© Tony Seldin 1989
The Chinese Marble Game 
