I'm cutting the bad fruit off of my tree to
Lighten my load and grow me tall
Just like my dogma, this fire pit mantra
Covered in ashes, now take me home
Shedding my antlers and making up answers
To the mystery of nature, so reach for the sun
Spruce tips and cedars now free up them rivers
The salmon will run, no dam can hold
Uniting the nations, it's gonna take some patience
So unzip your sheepskin, the wolves have returned

I call to the spirit, brother I hear it
Union of all things, like words on the sky
I read the totems, my ancestors wrote 'em
Now I sit patient, as I wait on the tribe
This runs through all things, like thunder and lightning
Song everlasting, well always I learn
Pull off the old skin, now we are kindred
Open and listen, the wolves have returned

All of creation's making a statement
You can't escape it, she's coming for you
If it was up to me, I'd teach that the lonely
This is just part of the courage it takes
Maybe it's the music, that's moving right through us
All of the songs that will outlive me
I'm running the song lines, I'm wrapping my prayer ties
Preserving the old way, my wolf has returned

-Nahko

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A few key takeaways for me:

• Be courageous enough to lead your own path & humbly scoot the things over that aren't assisting you in your journey
• Go stand tall with your most vulnerable & willful self
• Experience life through your own eyes while creating your own truths
• Nothing is more satisfying than the connection of dots for your own understanding
• The intentions you put out are attracting that who creates meaning
• You can't run from natures attempt to balance out it's own endeavors - sometimes it's best to just flow with it 🌊

Much love,
G0nRogue