Silent Voice

Silent Voice



Hear me, Grandmother,
Listen.
I call to you,
Help me.
Brother Eagle and Brother Wolf will aid me,
But I truly seek your wisdom.

Guidance is needed
Today.
My path is rocky,
Difficult, confusing.
I feel I am pulled between two worlds.
The ancestors call to my soul.

I hear them
Within.
I want to answer,
But cannot.
The white man’s world has muted my voice.
I have forgotten how to speak.

Poetry form: Archimedes Pi
This form is based on his estimate of the value of Pi from the OED (1841) as 3.14286.
The form is: line 1 - 3 words, line 2 - 1 word, line 3 - 4 words, line 4 - 2 words, line 5 - 8 words, line 6 - 6 words.