Dear Next Generation

Stand proud Child of the World ,
Ye' Indigneous, Tribal, and Native ones.
The beauty that is your life,
Is essential in this time and place.

Stand firm upon Mother Earth,
Make a place for yourself.
Your right to be here now,
Has taken centuries to evolve.

Learn good dear young ones,
Educate your minds.
Observe everything you can,
Memorize it in your spirit.

Listen well children,
When your elders teach.
Open up the gift,
Of your people's heritage.

Carry on young peoples,
With strength and resolve.
You are the future,
There is no giving up.

Reach out sweet babes,
To one another.
So that when we are gone,
You will not be standing alone.

Darlene Doll Smith
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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January 7, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Amen. Words of truth. Knowledge is power, power to grow, power to win, power to be.
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