A RED INDIAN LEGEND: - <br /> “THE DREAM CATCHER! ” <br /> (I) <br />The continent of North America during those <br />ancient times, <br />Were inhabited by various Red Indian tribes. <br />The Delawares, the Mohawks, the Choctaws, <br />The Dacotahs, the Omahas, the Blackeet, <br />The Camanches, the Ojibways and the Apaches! <br />They inhabited the forest, the prairies, the marsh <br />lands, <br />The great lakes, the mountains and the fen-lands! <br />They lived close to nature and honored their Gods, <br />With the spirit of Nature all thing were fraught! <br />If we recall the story of MacKenna’s Gold, <br />The ‘Shaking Rock’ and ‘Canyon del Oro’; <br />Of human greed, - breeding death and sorrow! <br />Which in celluloid has often been told, <br />None could take away that Apache gold! <br /> (II) <br />Today I narrate a legend of the Chippawa tribe, <br />Of their ‘magical net’ for a peaceful night! <br />An old medicine man of this tribe, <br />Wove a magical net with gossamer strings, <br />To catch the dreams as they float by! <br />He hung this net above the bed up high, - <br />To catch the dreams as they float by! <br />This wondrous net trapped all bad dreams, <br />Letting the good ones pass through its netted <br />seams! <br />And as the bad dreams got entangled in the net, <br />The good ones descended upon the sleeping bed! <br />So should you come across this magical net, <br />Never argue about its price, - <br />Just buy the one of your bed size! <br />Then hang the net high above your bed, <br />For there is nothing to be afraid! <br />Since dreams shall never ever cease, <br />Have sweet dreams always, with a good <br />night’s sleep! <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> New Delhi <br /> 23 Nov 09 <br />** Dedicated to our poet friend Ms Mamta Aggarwal!<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-red-indian-legend-the-dream-catcher/
