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An Indian Prayer
by
H. Kent Craig
©1981
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- My grandfather is the fire
- My grandmother is the wind
- The Earth is my mother
- The Great Spirit is my father
- The World stopped at my birth
- and laid itself at my feet
- And I shall swallow the Earth whole
- when I die
- and the Earth and I will be one
- Hail The Great Spirit, my father
- without him no one could exist
- because there would be no will to live
- Hail The Earth, my mother
- without which no food could be grown
- and so cause the will to live to starve
- Hail the wind, my grandmother
- for she brings loving, life-giving rain
- nourishing us as she nourishes our crops
- Hail the fire, my grandfather
- for the light, the warmth, the comfort he brings
- without which we would be animals, not men
- Hail my parents and grandparents
- without which not I
- nor you
- nor anyone else
- could have existed
- Life gives life
- which gives unto itself
- a promise of new life
- Hail The Great Spirit, The Earth, the wind, the
fire
- praise my parents loudly
- for they are your parents, too
- Oh, Great Spirit, giver of my life
- please accept this humble offering of prayer
- this offering of praise
- this honest reverence of my love for you
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