does is done in a circle
By Black Elk
Everything
the power of the world does
is done in a
circle. The sky is round,and I have heard that the earth is round
like a ball, and so are all the stars.
The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make
their nests in circles,
for theirs
is the same religion as ours.
The sun
comes forth and goes down again
in a
circle. The moon does the same,and both are round. Even the seasons
form a great circle in their changing,
and always come back again to where they were.
The life of
man is a circle from childhood to childhood,
and so it is
in everything where power moves.
Reprinted
by permission from Black Elk Speaks:
Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, The Premier Edition by
John G. Neihardt, the State University of New York Press ©2008, State
University of New York. All rights reserved.
