Nativism
Nativism, I just learned about this new word today.
When you were a kid you stood up against the wall and they
measured you. But nobody knew, least of all you,
about what you felt in your own heart, unless you were loved.
A native where ever you were. And just hoping to grow,
taller.
The winds through the trees where I grew up in Michigan make
a sound, and I always thought that that sound gave me the ability
to care about the land and all people no matter where they might
come from.
What was the poet, Robert Frost,
who found it as a habit to sing about,
what became the most silently un-stitched
in what was once claimed to be a new world
and free
half of thee
the only part part filled with deep regret
and then, there is my own
Peace!
Copyright © Dave Mcgahan | Year Posted 2019
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