Balderdash
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A man indigenous to his homeland
was part of a tribal community.
And ancestral ties created a band
that lived off nature with impunity.
A man burnt red by a color-blind sun
had a history that preceded him.
And he lived free, subservient to none
before the white man arrived on a whim.
A spiritual man he turned to God
with no immunity to the white plague.
And finding himself homeless and outlawed
his traditions and customs became vague.
His beliefs upgraded from balderdash,
like a phoenix, he rises from the ash.
(Sonnet)
Nov. 21, 2018
TRIBUTE TO NATIVE CULTURE Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2018
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