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The Great Totem


I remember a walk many years ago with a man
     with a crooked back.
We walked and didn't talk for several days,
many times the sky went black.
We followed along the path more travelled by,
then stopped and looked at the ground,
he uttered but a few words. such a pleasant
     sound.
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​We stood at the base of a giant Totem, the
     parting of the way.
The Totem was a divider of today and
     yesterday.
He turned away from me towards the sky and
     said. "I pass the
tradition on to you. Without you the Totem
     would be dead."
I smiled  and looked at him and re-
     formed the words
instead. "The tradition must live on inside. the
     pride be
interfed. the Totems are a way of life. and
     therefore can't
ever be DEAD."
​
- Tyson R. Nicholas
Grade 12 (1990)



"This is the path more traveled by, this is the
     beaten
track, you are on the path of life. The off-
     ramp's four years
     back."
I blinked and scratched my head and turned
     back to the path.
"These years have travelled by just so very
     fast."
We started onward on our journey to a path
     that split in two.
"My child. I can go no further now. This path
     is just for you."

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  • ABOUT TOTEMS
    • Core Values
    • The Great Totem
    • TOTEMS in ACTION
  • Player Info
  • TOTEMS Calendar
  • Contact Us