Sasquatch

Sasquatch

Mighty creature sent from Creator,

you are lord and master of the wood.

The stars are your tipi, the sun is your fire,

for thousands of years, your legend has stood.

 Keeper of Mother Earth, that is your task,

your bond with her is deep and without end.

Hidden in the wild, you live a life of peace.

a silent sentinel, a Native’s eternal friend.

Powerful as the trees are tall,

you walk unbowed among the bear,

Gentle like the ladyslipper,

you smile at the woodland hare.

Oft misunderstood across this land,

the white man saw you and ran.

Wise in the ways of Mother Earth,

Sasquatch, you teach us how to be human.

© 2007, Felix Giordano

Editor's Note: This photo is a cropping of a larger picture which was taken in September, 2011 at Ross Creek Cedars in the Kootenai National Forest in Northwest Montana just outside of Troy and Libby, Montana. After I returned home my son spotted an anomaly in the picture which is unexplained and could be an image of a creature covered with dark brown or black hair.