The vastness of this fertile land
Encroached upon by foreign man
Barbed wire stitched upon demand
I search within to understand
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Open prairies and plains embraced
Civil rights destroyed erased
Treaties formed are poison laced
Villages burnt and then defaced
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Whispers of the elements
Fear of marching regiments
A loss for true felt sentiments
We’re looked upon as dissident
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Extorted for the contraband
Intrusion from a distant land
Greed and malice widely spanned
It’s time to rise and take a stand
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Battles waged pillaged and plundered
Oppression felt like sounds of thunder
Emotionally stripped and left to wonder
The evilness of that from under
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How this wrath unleashed descended
Hopes and dreams destroyed upended
Religious thoughts enforced amended
Our way of life diffused suspended
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Sorrow felt so deep within
Our sacred laws of discipline
Decimated loss of kin
Their hands with blood there hearts with sin
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A hundred years to wipe the tears
Government that fuels our fears
We gaze upon these old frontiers
The world we knew has disappeared
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Taxation of our land now spent
Concrete tents of ill contempt
Breeding pure and true resent
Our strength reduced to 2 percent
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Conquest gained through devastation
Driven by this annexation
Our people facing obliteration
Numbness now prevents sensation
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Slots and Bingo are no solution
A federal form of restitution
They seek a shred of absolution
But merely its just prostitution
About the Creator
The problem with being a nice person
Who would have thought that being a nice person could be problematic. The majority of people would tell you that’s what they want to be or at least want those around them to be, but as it turns out, what we want and what we say we want are worlds apart. I won't stress or ramble on about how I would like things to be, but I’ll just analyze why this is, I am not sure either if a solution is even possible.
By real Jema2 days ago in Confessions
Comments (2)
Powerful invective, Tony. I always feel for the native peoples of conquered lands. It's exploitation at its worst.
I love this! A very powerful message with a beautiful rhyme.