I WENT TO CHACO AND SAW THE UNIVERSE
Every day is a beginning,
And the ancient ones noticed that
And found between the tall pointed rocks that
Daggers of sunlight appeared between them;
They put down a spiral and saw the
Changing lights between the moons
The many moons
Showing them when to plant
The many rows,
To watch for the tassels on the tall green stalks,
And when to accept
The beautiful yellow food.
We call those intervals solstice, equinox
But the sun dagger shows them and no words are needed.
Then the water stopped, and today their people say that
The old people chose to go out
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In the four directions,
Yet their sun daggers are still there in Chaco Canyon,
That sacred place, for us fortunate
Successors
To behold and revere.
The quiet and peace enfold you right away. Then
You walk where they walked
You breathe the dry crisp air
You tread lightly on the soft old soil
Which is why the road is not modernized,
And mining is forbidden.
How did they know;
Did they watch the skies, did they dream the cycles
Or did the ancestors appear and tell them simply
See the light see the mother see the father take care of them take care of the world?
By Suzanne Z copyright 2024
