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Spirits of Time
Once this used to be our land
But you banished us with a wicked hand
Made us live where nothing would grow
And forced to freeze out in the snow
Made us sick with tainted cloth
You tried so hard to kill us off
Poisoned us with liquid fire
Then wished us to call you sire
Forced us to walk many miles
With hands bound and no more smiles
Cut our hair in white mans school
Over our lives you tried to rule
Our voice you tried silence
But that only ended in violence
Our language you said was foul
But the wolf in us will forever howl
One day your time will expire
And we'll still be sitting around our fire
Telling tales of things in past
The ghosts that once thought they'd last
Our roots run deep to the heart of the land
try and remove us but forever we'll stand
When mother earth decides its time
We'll end with her and our spirits will shine
But you banished us with a wicked hand
Made us live where nothing would grow
And forced to freeze out in the snow
Made us sick with tainted cloth
You tried so hard to kill us off
Poisoned us with liquid fire
Then wished us to call you sire
Forced us to walk many miles
With hands bound and no more smiles
Cut our hair in white mans school
Over our lives you tried to rule
Our voice you tried silence
But that only ended in violence
Our language you said was foul
But the wolf in us will forever howl
One day your time will expire
And we'll still be sitting around our fire
Telling tales of things in past
The ghosts that once thought they'd last
Our roots run deep to the heart of the land
try and remove us but forever we'll stand
When mother earth decides its time
We'll end with her and our spirits will shine
Published 4th Nov 2022
Author's Note
To all my family that was silenced and to those who are told to be silent. Do not back down and hold on to what you have. So many people and so many ethnicities have lost their culture and heritage. Hold on to it no matter what.
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4th Nov 2022 11:50pm
I felt this deeply and with all the appreciation, respect, honor and personal love of friendship that the various Indigenous Peoples of North America and beyond should be shown. What a truly exceptional piece of poetry... It was wonderful crafted, fluid and completely impactful.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us 🙏🏻
🌹 💙
B
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us 🙏🏻
🌹 💙
B
5th Nov 2022 1:02am
Thank you so much for your support! I was truly moved when writing this the last few days. I feel strongly about this. My great grandmother never past down our language of creek because when ahe was little and entered. White mans school they were forbidden to speak our language or they were beaten. Thank you again.
5th Nov 2022 00:14am
I completely agree with Blue:)
I work at a museum and we have an education department that
did a program on the Navajo Code talkers.
Without them we would have lost WW2 in my opinion.
Truly enjoyed this.
Thanks for posting.
I work at a museum and we have an education department that
did a program on the Navajo Code talkers.
Without them we would have lost WW2 in my opinion.
Truly enjoyed this.
Thanks for posting.
5th Nov 2022 1:47am
That is awesome to work in such a place! Please feel free to use my poem their for anything and please use my name! I love my heritage and want to learn what I can. My friend and I are reconnecting with pur native roots and this hit me when i started writing it. Not just for the native people of turtle island but for any race or tribe of people opressed through time
5th Nov 2022 1:37am
Keep telling the truth. Keep up the fight. There are people that want the truth hidden but progress can't happen without acknowledgment.
This hits in a personal level for me since I lived in New Mexico for some time and have some native blood. It's hard to see to this day how some are so forgotten.
This hits in a personal level for me since I lived in New Mexico for some time and have some native blood. It's hard to see to this day how some are so forgotten.
2nd Mar 2023 11:22pm
a testament to how strong the will is of the native american people, we are still here
