IN THE SUN
I had slept in a rock crevice for the night... upon a mountain.
The cold night air not even favorable to crickets.
I
awoke with the sun rising. I climbed upon a rock overlooking a canyon and watched the sun rise...
Alone on my rock... I felt the sun begin to warm me as I gazed at the ever increasingly lit picture of my
world.
Suddenly there was a scramble of small claws slightly masked
by the yawning of dawn.
I looked over and saw a lizard gazing at the same sun as I... Warming itself on the
same rock.
I spoke in Lakota, "Hau agleska nitiblo", meaning
hello my older brother lizard.
The lizard glanced at me in acknowledgement
then turned its gaze back to the sun lit canyon.
So we sat... Agleska
and I as the sun rose... warming ourselves on a rock.
