Gandhi, yesterday you died in 1948
But you have also danced with us
Only three quarters of a Century ago
Teach us to dance your Ahimsa by way of Satyagraha
Teach us to dance as you have
Like you taught Terry Fox
Even with one leg to dance towards a cure for cancer
Like you taught Teresa Spence
To hunger strike as Idle-No-More opened the waters
Of Shiva towards the purification of the Earth
And a voice for Indigenous wisdom and harmony
You have said that true stength is not in external power
But in inner power, enough to stand free of hatred in the face of even death
May I stand with you as you teach me to dance
Full of joy, for in the words of Sitting Bull, it is a good day to die
And in the words of Mahatma Gandhi Happiness is the harmony between thought, word and deed....
He Ram
