Red Tail
 
What bird
Called you?
Lean into the very center of the sky 
Was it prayer smoke in the
Red morning or the
Dark and light of some other burning thing?
Lean
We will sing you every Selu song
Lean into those 
Lines drawn in the air as you
Tip your wings 
What bird called you?
On the perch and
Waiting and 
Didn't you defend more than that?
We will sing you songs of pollen lifting from
 the corn tassels
Lean into the sky
Lean with unbreakable heart
Lean against the weight of assumption
Against lines
Drawn lines and your songs against a rattle of
Engine and fire
Prayer smoke
We sing those river songs those Selu songs
Songs of transformation your heart
Unbreakable but something is breaking
Red Tail 
Legend
Wings of Dlah:nuwa
Lean into the sky
Fly for us now
We will sing you the way
 
Kim Shuck