Tremolo
Tremolo
A woman is making the tremolo into the wind
No longer is it the song she once made
For her husband and sons in battle
Now
She sings it for herself
This woman is a strong woman
Her face is etched in lines
That have not yet made an ending
In another time she would be called "man-hearted"
But now she has turned her back to the wind
and the four winds take her cry and carry
it to the four directions, to all-women
And her tremolo is a new song
She sings in a voice of rolling thunder
Saying,
Listen, women! The new word for strong
is "Woman-hearted!"
by, Joan Shaddox Isom
from A Gathering of Spirit, A Collection by North American Indian Women
(awesome book, I totally recommend it :) )
A woman is making the tremolo into the wind
No longer is it the song she once made
For her husband and sons in battle
Now
She sings it for herself
This woman is a strong woman
Her face is etched in lines
That have not yet made an ending
In another time she would be called "man-hearted"
But now she has turned her back to the wind
and the four winds take her cry and carry
it to the four directions, to all-women
And her tremolo is a new song
She sings in a voice of rolling thunder
Saying,
Listen, women! The new word for strong
is "Woman-hearted!"
by, Joan Shaddox Isom
from A Gathering of Spirit, A Collection by North American Indian Women
(awesome book, I totally recommend it :) )