COUP STICK
The VA gave me a cane
To make it mine
I decorated the cane
Leather around the handle
Gold ribbon laced in
Three brown duck feathers
After that the visions returned
Images guiding me back
To The People
Myself as a Wounded Warrior
Observed by raven and eagle
Tended to by a wolf
Me wearing the medicine bag
Prepared for me by a Sioux
Medicine Man and Water Woman
Instantly I knew where it is
I know where
My salvation lies.