Warrior

The Cave of Winters Visions by Vasil Woodland / aka Vasyl Mushyk 2016.

Warrior

(A Re-imagining of the ancient teachings of what it is to be a warrior.)

young warrior

bellow your heart

illuminate your spirit

touching stars

making earth tremble

throughout

student warrior

find your spirit song

let it guide you

as cleansing thunders do

rippling within

entirely

beckoning songbirds

of dawn through dusk

lonely warrior

seek your companions

find your mate

the ones who heal

challenges illusions

exposes weakness

tests notions of trust

earn theirs

warrior men

women

serve family

all our relations

mentor solutions

needed

become peace

you seek

elder warriors

grandmother

grandfather

rise above

lay burdens down

leave weapons down

become grace

always desired

earned

~ hsh (c) 060216

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Artist Vasil Woodland / aka Vasyl Mushyk

https://woodland64.wixsite.com/mysite 

https://www.facebook.com/vasil.woodland.7

Ukrainian Artist, Vasyl Woodland has given me permission to pair his art with my poetry and writings on my new website and FB Page. I hope you enjoy his work and are drawn to support him and his people however you can in your prayers.

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Vasil studied under Norval Morrisseu. Norval Morrisseau CM RCA, also known as Copper Thunderbird, was an Indigenous Canadian artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. He is widely regarded as the Grandfather of Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norval_Morrisseau 

*The royalty-free Ukrainian Peace Flag image is provided courtesy of Akitada31/Roman. Please look at his other works on Pixabay and buy him a cup of coffee if you appreciate his contribution.

Tool - Invincible (Lyric Video)

Video by ImagesAndWords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-2C-rvMBE 

Anilah feat. Einar Selvik of Wardruna - WARRIOR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlfO4mcwGZw

Lyrics:

Reasoning lets go 

and I am propelled in to you 

My Skin widening... 

Reasoning lets go 

and I am propelled into you 

Hands and arms grow 

and I release what must go 

My skin widening 

to feel your angelic arms 

Come close 

so that I can melt into you

Come Close… 

Reasoning lets go 

and I am propelled in to you 

My skin widening 

to your angelic arms 

Leaving this weight behind 

My spine becomes light 

Clean my senses 

so that I can hear you 

clearly

Reasoning lets go 

and I am propelled into you 

hands and eyes grow 

and i release what must go 

My Skin widening... 

to feel 

your 

angelic 

arms 

Warriors move gracefully 

We lay down our weapons 

at your feet 

take us with grace 

to the other field 

Can we Lay down our weapons 

and the tired intellect 

rise above 

and... 

Bring me Grace

I know you Can. 

....Einar's Norse choral lyrics translated: 

Unharmed to the battle, 

Unharmed from the battle, 

Unharmed wherever they go

*The royalty-free Ukrainian Peace Flag image is provided courtesy of Akitada31/Roman. Please look at his other works on Pixabay and buy him a cup of coffee if you appreciate his contribution.