I Am From

I Am From

BY LAURA TOHE

I am from the four colors of the mountains
I am from the Earth’s heartbeat
I am from thunder’s voice 
I am from rivers that flow through my veins
I am from seashells that became my fingernails
I am from rainclouds that grew my hair
I am from wind who breathed life into me
I am from where blue horses graze among yellow cattails 
I am from water, singing at dawn
I am from the mood of good catches hanging outside my window
I am dressed in the language of trees, deer, and sky
I am from autumn light
I am blessed by eagles
I am Earth surface child
What the earth gives she gives to you
In your hands
That you may know her songs 
Gifted from her heartbeat
Beating
Beating 
Beating
Inside you now
Like a drum