Ortiz, Simon J. Woven Stone. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1992.

Survival, I know how this way.

This way, I know.

It rains.

Mountains and canyons and plants

grow.

We traveled this way,

gauge our distance by stories

and loved our children.

We taught them

to love their births.

We told ourselves over and over

again,

ìWe shall survive this way.î