“Horse Song of a Nightmare,” by Joy Harjo

PoemsHorse Song of a NightmareSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyIt is raining, raining, raining.The sky is falling, falling, falling.I never, never, never.Saw this would happen, happen, happen.As in any flooding, flooding, flooding.The earth is breaking, breaking, breaking.All the sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, kneeling.Inside the loss and anger kindling.Set forth the burning, burning, burning.On this earthly star shining, shining, shining.Then we lost our footing, footing, footing.Again the falling, falling, falling.Into a nightmare running, running, running.On black horses riding, riding, riding.Through darkness in the raining, raining, raining.Then there we were standing, standing, standing.On the grassy hump of dawning, dawning, dawning.Over the mountains rainy, rainy, rainy.The clouds leaned down to sing.This is drawn from “Cloud Runner.”