Chief
YellowHawk's Prayer
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O Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath
gives life to all the world,
hear me, I come
before you, one of your children.
I am small and
weak. I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in
beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the
red and purple sunset.
Make my hands
respect the things you have made,
my ears sharp
to hear your voice.
Make me wise
so that I may know
the things you
have taught my people,
the lesson you
have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength
not to be superior to my brothers,
but to be able
to fight my greatest enemy, myself.
Make me ever
ready to come to you
with clean hands
and straight eyes,
so when life
fades as a fading sunset,
my spirit may
come to you without shame.
~Chief YellowHawk~
