Loss Of Identity
THE EUROPEANS
DISCOVERED AMERICA
THEY SO PLAINLY STATE
THE TRUTH IS THEY CAME
UPON MY WORLD BY MISTAKE
AND GAVE US A NAME
THAT DID NOT PRETAIN
AND TODAY WE STILL
CARRY IT WITH SHAME..
THEY KILLED MY PEOPLE
AND DESTROYED MY LAND
CALLED US SAVAGES EVEN
WITH OUR HELPING HAND
THEY WANTED ALL AND
TO LEAVE FOR US NONE
WE DEFENDED OUR HOME
LAND AND FIGHTING BEGAN..
SO MANY CAME LIKE THE
STARS IN A CLEAR NIGHT
THE ANSWER THEN WAS
CREATE PEACE NOT FIGHT
WE AGREED TO SHARE,
BUT EVEN THIS WAS IN VAIN
THEIR LEADERS ONLY LIED
TO US AND CREATED MORE
DESTRUCTION AND PAIN..
THE GREAT SPIRIT KNOWS
THE CRUELTY THAT WAS DONE
TO AN EARTH LOVING PEOPLE
AND TRUTH COVERED BY SOME
TODAY WE STAND AS A MINORITY,
WHAT OUR PARENTS LOVED IS
ALL DESTROYED AND GONE
A COMPLETE CULTURE ALMOST
DESTROYED BY EUROPEAN
PROSPERITY GAIN
WE STAND ALONE NOW PROUD
OF WHAT WE ARE AND THEIR
TREACHERY STILL REMAINS..
THE THUNDER YOU HEAR IN
THE SOUTH NOW IS OF
MY PEOPLE CRYING
WITH OLNY DREAMS OF
LIVING IN HARMONY WITH
MOTHER EARTH,
HER NOW DYING
AND LIFE ONCE KNOW IS
NOW FOR INDIAN CULTURE
IN THE PAST
BUT OUR FAITH IN THE GREAT
SPIRITS LOVE CONTINUES,,
THAT WILL FOREVER LAST
COPY WRITEEN BY R.BRENT
Cherokee ( Sundown )
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Thank you for walking this path with me!
MorningStar Joni
7-8-2008
