The True Americans

They are powerful, They are the “great ones.” They are thoughtful, They are the “true ones”. Some Traders long ago made Them march a long trail A long trail that was said to lead them to the “Promised Land” It was the “Trail of Tears” and there was no such a land for Them The Traders lied and watched Them weaken and die They are not “Savages”, They are not “Indians”, They are marvelous, They are Native Americans. All this is Their land and those Traders took it They treated the Traders with kindness And the Traders betrayed them The Traders said that They didn’t “deserve” this land They are powerful, They are the “great ones.” They are thoughtful, They are the “true ones.” The Traders said they were weak They were not weak the Traders were weak The traders only wanted Their land to look for “gold” They lived for so long “without” gold. They are not “Savages”, They are not “Indians”, They are marvelous, They are Native Americans. The Traders now call themselves “Americans” The Traders now say that Immigrants should go back The traders are immigrants too Why don’t the Traders go back and give the “True Americans” their land?