Apenimonodan gikendaman

Trust that you know

aanind bemaadizijig

some people

Waa-goshko’iwaad

who will surprise you

bamendamowaad akiing

with the way they care for the world

bamenimaawaad asabikeshiinan . . .

and every small spider. . .

-Apenimonodan (Trust), by Margaret Noodin