new voice on the time garden
Stephen "Nobody Dreamer" Goode

The first thing I read by Stephen was simply signed "nobody."  There was a vast sadness. He has, apparently, experienced prejudice from "full blooded" skins. Yet there was a spiritual brightness to it too. I'm glad he send this poem:

                Mental Truth of a Mixed Blood Indian.......

I suppose I'm nuts!!!!

How utterly ridiculous to think I could be a Native American with no roots and proof....

I'm so sorry and must apologize....

Apologize for being insane I guess is redundant, but never the less I'm sorry for that too..

I do wish though more people saw the world through my vision and beauty..

A world that doesn't exist but only in my Dreams..

It's true though there was a time this Dream of mine wasn't so insane and I could drink from a stream,

find Clams and Muscles as large as my hand,

Find Fish as long as my arm,

my Medicine was at arms length in the Forest..

Mostly as I roamed these lands being free from oppression I had nothing to be Sad about, nothing to be sick about and knew nothing about Money..

So After reading back over this I have to ask now who really is insane.....

    my sad feeling brought about this little idea of mine........



Stephen " Nobody Dreamer " Goode............

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