the lessons of iktomi

playfully watching iktomi
 trickster of delight you see,
moving here or there always moving free,
 lost and found over again
mocking-pondering making false friend,
 for iktomi the cunning not iktomi the wise
always befriending with a sinister surprise,
 for if he is to ever cross your path
               I beseech you please beware,
he is a great teacher without a care,
 life lessons will unfold
yet truth may go untold,
 we all know iktomi as friend or foe
always a teacher to keep us apon our toe
 entangled to the divine
all lessons learned in time,
 his lessons may not be sweet or grand
yet all are lessons to learn and understand,
           iktomi-iktomi-iktomi......