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TONY SELDIN

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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

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