A panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.
The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions.
The panther hears everything in the dark:
the unspoken tears of a few hundred human years,
storms that will break what has broken his world,
a bluebird swaying on a branch a few miles away.
He hears the death song of his approaching prey:
I will always love you, sunrise.
I belong to the black cat with fire green eyes.
There, in the cypress tree near the morning star.
From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
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This is beautiful. I’ve always had an affinity for the big cats, especially the jaguar/panther. Thanks for sharing!
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