Are you elders of the tribe?
Are you elders of the tribe?
:- Doug.

Privileged to change one another We are not; Ours is to share some light
:- Doug.
What if we did not stand
up for rights
but sat with others
& heard,
then held them lightly?
:- Doug.
Great grandmother
I nearly remember you
great grandson
I hear you coming
I stand in the midst
of generations
& watch & speak & be
:- Doug.