Cherokee Daughter

the water beetle
to soothe their growing masses
plucked land from the sea

while heaven's dark vault
canopied the earth's rising
the owl stayed awake

great buzzard soared low
searching out a new nation
wings brushing soft ground

at the seventh height
their sun gave his true blessing
light to the valley

the Keetoowah clan
kept their pride but lost their land
giving her the night

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