The black snake winds around the Missouri

The black snake winds around the Missouri
and chokes the Sioux Nation with misery.

Black venom slithers across sacred land,
but water Protectors make a last stand.

Bullets and burning gas- grenades explode;
Big Fist shoots water canon in bitter cold.

Protectors hold fast, covered with red ice:
Love is strong medicine against avarice.

The treaties lie broken like twisted bodies
whose spirits rise in strong and pure cries.

The Big White Chief living in Washington-
has his heart gone black with forked tongue?

Darvish sings to the wind: carry my song
to those to whom truth and courage belong.

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7 years ago

This is Etzion from Jerusalem, Israel. Two issues I wanted to address: 1. The problem with the Trust, as was placed here for quite sometime. 2. The Sufi issue. As per the Trust, I don’t have any personal idea, besides runours and the material placed here, and the letter sent to the Trust a few years ago, which the Trust didn’t actually respond in a manner that will clarify the issue. I am involved with Meher Baba since 1972, when I visited Baba’s room in Israel, which was maintained by His dedicated agent in Israel – Carrie Ben Shammai. Eventually… Read more »