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Fiery sun setting low.
Purple skies blaze with rolling flames.
Showering rains echoing the voices of elders.
Eyes peering through rivers streaming down our faces.
Among the fires we dance throughout the night.
Writhing
silhouettes of crimson and gold.
Feet stomping cadences deep into wet ground.
Drums calling forth the very beats of our own hearts.
Children flailing in the misty haze as our souls walk the rows.
Among the fires we dance throughout the night.
Wind, rain, fire, and stone alive within us.
The breath of the ancient ones panting from our lips.
XIan warriors recalling our blood, recalling our name.
Our tears soak the ground upon which we dance.
Among the fires we dance throughout the night.
Holy ground reverenced once more.
Glistening rocks resonating the passions of our visions.
Crying and singing in the shimmering light.
Among the fires we dance throughout the night.
-Dr. XI Lee
for The 'House
of XI' Spirit Dancers
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