Merciful Be - American Freedom
Our home, this earth, we did not own
but, still we would not flee.
The White man came and brought us death.
O God, Be merciful to we.
We Wiccan’s came to this far place
with thoughts we would be free.
All Nature was our finest God,
O God, Be merciful to we.
They cared not for our hearts desire
as draught and comet fell,
they burnt our brethren by decree,
O God, Be merciful to we.
Black men were brought from foreign shores
next, cross the rolling seas...
as slaves they lived, as slaves they died,
Oh God, be merciful to we.
Women, one and all, sought freedom
from patriarchs degrees.
Still, on we labor long for less
Oh God, be merciful to we.
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2011
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