Will He

And I wondered
Would he stay
to weave a web
on my canyon walls
Would he hang from a thread
to guard me
from the flies of my past
And bundle them tightly
To keep them from
Coming back
He did not...
He melted in my eyes
Till he was no more
And the liquid ran
Down my cheeks
To become a small river
Running at the foot
Of my canyon walls
Carving them deeper
Into the abyss of my mind


Oniena Onda
Copyright ©2002
Wyandotte Woman, Member of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma