Once upon a time there was a free land,
beauty rested upon it everywhere. There
were rivers of fresh clear water, where
Bears of every kind would fish and play. There were Wolves with their mystic howl,
telling of ancient times and singing to the
moon. The trees would talk and whisper,
laughing with every breeze. The flowers in
the meadow lands were happy to peek their
heads to each fresh new day. And they would
be star struck every night with the moon's gentle
bright glow! The Buffalo would graze in the meadow
and laze around on a sunny day and listen to the songs
of the Meadow Lark as he happily cut across the grass
lands. The rains had their time to pour and the fruits and
nuts of every kind would grow. The ancient people there
would give thanks and prayers for their bountiful harvest. They payed homage to all of nature just taking where they
should and leaving where they could. Nothing out of place. The kids would play in the fields and leap with the gentle
Deer. For there wasn't yet that kind of fear between these
people and their brothers and sisters in nature. All of nature
had a gift and a message to send. From the wise old owl, the
snake that slithered along to every rock, tree and blade of grass. Their ceremonies would make all the woodland creatures in awe. Hearing the gentle yet deep beat of the drum to the chanting and
dancing of the two-legged kind. Then in the breath of time there
were those that came. They didn't pay homage to nature, they
polluted her rivers and creeks. They killed more of the four-legged
than was necessary and sometimes they did it just because. Nature didn't understand and so she reacted by giving stings to
the Insects and Scorpions. And killer instincts to the four-legged
to surrive. She gave droughts and sometimes downpours when it
should not be. She wanted to gently scold. But they didn't listen. Then things changed and fear was begotten into this beautiful land. Beauty still exists within her. You just have to dig deeper to find it! We must never give up hope and always love and remember in the
far reaches of our hearts, the way things were....And only can we
change it back again!