"Buffalo Family Life"

We see the basic life take on real feelings,
That holds the family close in the goals of life,
The buffalo roams afar and each one lives their life,
They never will forget the warmth of family glow,
Where blood and nature warm the feelings of support,
Which helps our family grow in all that nurtures well.

Take the buffalo's fur to keep the family warm,
And feed the close response where hunger is the need,
To protect the children now we form the circle close,
Where feelings do support the love of family felt,
While young go out to feel the glow of world success,
And know there is a source of strength that fits within.

Which flows from all around the family feeling proud,
Where action is the call to roam again alone,
With spirits of us all the family always seen,
From generations before who built the life today,
From strength of buffalo life that lives within us all,
As Four Bear spirit learned from seeing the buffalo roam.

The endless open plain the Earth building life,
That we gather for our self to share with spirit life,
Which we have always seen within our family life,
Now see the real spirit of many giving life,
Now roam to feel the strength of buffalo real life,
That feeds the endless courage of Ryan-Four Bear family life.

Robert A. Ryan - Mato Topa
April 1999