And Who Will Cry

And Who Will Cry

Dedicated to my adoptive brother, Tiblo Kangi Sapa,

my friend, Wanbli Cikala,

and others your world has lost....

Warriors don't cry

So they say

Be strong

Mourn not, grieve not

Yet who will cry

Who will shed the water

To feed the spirit

And heal the people

Keen and wail

Tatter the clothes

Cut the hair

Sing the pain to the stars

Sound of power

Carrying aloft the soul

While tears soft and loud

Nourish those left behind

Warriors don't cry

A fallacy

Earth mothers know the strength

Female Warriors cry