Watching the Game by Carruscaux
The chase is on!
With spring comes fresh meat after the long cold winter.
Antelope, deer plentiful on the plains–sustain us;
Feeding our women and children,
Keeping us strong as we hunt and gather.
This is our way,
This is how it has always been.
We hunt, taking only what we need
Leaving thriving herds for those that may follow.
Traveling north to escape the heat of approaching summer
We thank the gods for our bounty,
Praise our ancestors for imparting their knowledge,
Blessing the earth for her plenty.
Sending the souls of our prey onward
To the great hunting ground in the sky.
This we record for future generations,
That they may respect the land
Entrusted to them by their fathers
…And their fathers before them.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Prompted by Jeremy’s Daily Challenge – Picture This Monday 14 April
Dom DiFrancesco 
Thought the use of first person really made this poem – really brought it home.
Thank you very much, the prompt really inspired this. :)
Really like this reflection to ancient hunter/gatherer times – beautiful take on the prompt
Jez
Thank you Jez, and thank you for the great prompt. I noticed I wasn’t receiving your prompts anymore and found that the blog was “unfollowed”. I guess this happens with WP from time to time.
Oh it does the auto unfollow sometimes, techy has it’s own agenda I think
I do think so, I have someone else that I conversed with quite regularly in WP and I think she may have also suffered the same fate. I am trying to find her again.
Taking only what we need – if only!
Yes, this is an unknown idea in the 21st century, instead we take anything we can. Sad.
I like this very much, Dom. As a person of Cherokee heritage, I appreciate how beautifully you express the Native American motivations and values concerning their interaction with the rest of God’s creation.
This is a great site. You obviously stay very busy keeping it full of interesting creations to delight your visitors. I’ll come back again and read more soon.
Thank you, I am just sad that we didn’t learn more from them in the past. Maybe things would not have turned out as badly as they have if we had only watched, listened and learned from them, but we knew better right?