[00:41.63]treading north
[00:43.43]along the shore
[00:45.12]i comb the dune grass through my hands
[00:49.55]lift my gaze and there it stays
[00:53.67]until two circling eagles land
[01:03.65]stretch my stride to beat the tide
[01:07.64]i climb up higher for dry sand
[01:11.69]then with stealth i find myself
[01:15.54]upon a hill where two pines stand
[01:30.87]and on this white sand
[01:34.05]however far i roam forever
[01:38.57]will i find myself back home
[01:46.78]eagle feather sturgeon bone
[01:54.90]and in my left hand a petoskey stone
[02:14.43]in a lull cry two white gulls
[02:18.06]they clamor close to where i stand
[02:22.29]night will soon fall on the dunes
[02:26.05]i gather branches with both hands
[03:06.08]northern air oh sleeping bear
[03:10.73]oh weathered birches torn and tanned
[03:15.34]winter’s long the wind is strong
[03:20.06]but look at you how still you stand
[04:02.25]when i’m done just as the sun
[04:06.17]i shall set heavy upon this land
[04:10.15]before my shade i’ll hope
[04:12.74]i’ve made a faint impression in the sand