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Where Lightning Strikes ~ The Heyókȟa

Where Lightning Strikes ~ The Heyókȟa

 

In the dark of the night
a figure stands pole in hand
on a long pier deserted site.

Wind-driven rain and blinding light
thunder fills the air
but pole bends and fish bite.

The sky now alive, oh what a sight
darkness no more
bolts of lightning left and right.

In the dark of the night
a figure of a man on the pier lies
where lightning strikes..

The adventurer is a transformation of the Warrior. The adventurer follows the path of least resistance, whereas the warrior hacks through and forges paths. Another way to describe the two perspectives; the adventurer, rides the flow downstream the warrior struggles, and paddles upstream.

One meets many interesting people flowing downstream and sometimes entangles with one paddling upstream.

The ‘Heyoka‘ is one such person who inspired the poem “Where Lightning Strikes”.