Hopeful Goodbyes

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Bum, bum-bum, bum, bum-bum.

The people of my tribe

start to chant our

prayerful song.

Feathers fly and shake

while bells ring

all the way to the moon.

It glows in our presence

and from it we wish safe travel

because tomorrow

our warriors go to

war.


We dance around the fire,

crying to our gods

that we may experience

the joy of victory.

And I, though a boy,

cannot go with,

yet sometimes I am

thankful

for I fear that

tomorrow won't go well.

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