(image forthcoming)
6/8/95 – 9/18/07
by Tom “Silverbear” Wilkins © all rights reserved
I catch glimpses of your shadow
as I greet this brand new day.
I feel your presence moving through me
at every turn.
We shared our lives
teaching each other many things.
What goes beyond words
is your Trust, Loyalty and Devotion.
You were always there
no matter what I
was experiencing or doing.
We walked and walked together.
Both of us enjoying our journey
as we searched the country side
checking every hill and valley
to see what Life was offering us.
When you came back to check on me,
with your tail wagging,
you grounded me and
brought me back to the present,
bringing a huge smile to my face.
You were a deep breath of fresh air.
When I sat with my Canupa
you lay near by
watching and listening.
My Heart cries out
as the Wind
whispers your name.
I am so very sad
yet I am so very
grateful and thankful
that I was given the gift
of being your friend and caretaker.
The times we shared
shine down on me
like the Full Moon,
bathing me
in memories that fill
my Soul and Spirit.
We called you Daisy the “Sacred Dog.”
You ate the Eagle Bone Whistle
that had just minutes before
been given to me
to Dance at the Sundance.
I was mortified,
my tail tucked
between my legs
as I told the one
who had just given it to me
what had happened.
You didn’t care
nothing had changed.
You wanted to know,
“What’s next.”
You over heard me talking
to a friend saying that I wanted
a Turtle shell
to put on a Staff
that I was making.
On our walk the next day
you came out of the tall Grass,
next to a stream
gently caring a live Wood Turtle in your mouth
and brought it to me.
When I lost my Turtle amulet
in the woods
while bringing people back
from their Hanblechyas
I asked you to help me find it.
I looked all over as you ran around
the countryside and
I was about to call
the search off
when you ran over to me
stuck your nose in the dry leaves
below my feet
and uncovered it for me.
You taught me and
brought me so much.
There were the responsibilities
that went along with your
Trust in me.
There was your patience
when I couldn’t hear you
or I was stumbling through
another transition.
Your teachings of
Love, Devotion, Trust and Truth
will always be a part of the Medicine
I bring to the World.
You accepted everyday
however it presented itself,
trusting us completely
Even on our last day together
you just relaxed into my hands
as your physical life ended
and your Spirit left your body,
sailing off into its
next adventure.
It hurts to cut
the cord that connected our lives,
but I will do it.
It is time
to release your
magnificent Spirit.
I know that you
have your travels
and that I have mine,
but forever
they will touch.
The memories of you
are held in my Heart and they
flow out to everyone and everything
I meet.
Travel well Dearest One
you have expanded my world,
helping me to be
a better person.
You have breathed
Life into me
always speaking
the Truth.
You have been
and will forever be a
Blessing in my life.
I love you so! !!!
“Daisy”
6/8/95 – 9/18/07
by Tom “Silverbear” Wilkins © all rights reserved
I catch glimpses of your shadow
as I greet this brand new day.
I feel your presence moving through me
at every turn.
We shared our lives
teaching each other many things.
What goes beyond words
is your Trust, Loyalty and Devotion.
You were always there
no matter what I
was experiencing or doing.
We walked and walked together.
Both of us enjoying our journey
as we searched the country side
checking every hill and valley
to see what Life was offering us.
When you came back to check on me,
with your tail wagging,
you grounded me and
brought me back to the present,
bringing a huge smile to my face.
You were a deep breath of fresh air.
When I sat with my Canupa
you lay near by
watching and listening.
My Heart cries out
as the Wind
whispers your name.
I am so very sad
yet I am so very
grateful and thankful
that I was given the gift
of being your friend and caretaker.
The times we shared
shine down on me
like the Full Moon,
bathing me
in memories that fill
my Soul and Spirit.
We called you Daisy the “Sacred Dog.”
You ate the Eagle Bone Whistle
that had just minutes before
been given to me
to Dance at the Sundance.
I was mortified,
my tail tucked
between my legs
as I told the one
who had just given it to me
what had happened.
You didn’t care
nothing had changed.
You wanted to know,
“What’s next.”
You over heard me talking
to a friend saying that I wanted
a Turtle shell
to put on a Staff
that I was making.
On our walk the next day
you came out of the tall Grass,
next to a stream
gently caring a live Wood Turtle in your mouth
and brought it to me.
When I lost my Turtle amulet
in the woods
while bringing people back
from their Hanblechyas
I asked you to help me find it.
I looked all over as you ran around
the countryside and
I was about to call
the search off
when you ran over to me
stuck your nose in the dry leaves
below my feet
and uncovered it for me.
You taught me and
brought me so much.
There were the responsibilities
that went along with your
Trust in me.
There was your patience
when I couldn’t hear you
or I was stumbling through
another transition.
Your teachings of
Love, Devotion, Trust and Truth
will always be a part of the Medicine
I bring to the World.
You accepted everyday
however it presented itself,
trusting us completely
Even on our last day together
you just relaxed into my hands
as your physical life ended
and your Spirit left your body,
sailing off into its
next adventure.
It hurts to cut
the cord that connected our lives,
but I will do it.
It is time
to release your
magnificent Spirit.
I know that you
have your travels
and that I have mine,
but forever
they will touch.
The memories of you
are held in my Heart and they
flow out to everyone and everything
I meet.
Travel well Dearest One
you have expanded my world,
helping me to be
a better person.
You have breathed
Life into me
always speaking
the Truth.
You have been
and will forever be a
Blessing in my life.
I love you so! !!!
September, 2007
