May They Live On

Mohawk, Mandan, Kikapu, Cree, Yakoma,Seminole, Crow,Shawnee. Arapaho, Chippewa and Sioux, Mystical names to me and you. Names like Delaware, Fox and Paiute, Listen to their music on the flute. Lakota, Macuna, Omulgee, Nes Perce, Yuma,Nakota,Ossage, Washoe, Hualapai All names that should never ever go away. Many now confined to history, sad to say, Mans greed for land that was not theirs, Caring nothing for the Indian affairs. Starved and defeated they were moved away, Now are conveniently forgotten up to this day. For 400 years the remainder has cried, Who is going to pay for this act of genocide. Man will never right this wrong, or even admit, To the atrocities that they did commit. Sacred Lands abused all the way through history, Hundreds of tribes that roamed from sea to shining sea. All long gone now lost to you and me So many nations will be no more, But their names live on and their spirits soar. Remember their music and listen to their song, Then their culture and memory will continue long. Lest we forget. My offering of Remembrance for the Native American Indian peoples. © Dave Timperley 20 September 2016