Waphiye Wichasha

Pharmacological firms drained out
 our medical recipes for free
and are selling them now as patents
for lucrative prices.

Our medical recipes belong to everybody
for sickness is evil
and even worst human is better than sickness.
We are the warriors, the brave man

with honor and dignity.
Only defensive fight and war 
are right, vengeance is evil.
The vengeance belongs to Great Spirit,

the creator and giver of life
We do not have ethic build on 
personality but character.
Our characters are  our inner values.

We are only the tools of Great Spirit.
We call to him to give us grace and redemption.
People who took our medicines disrespect us,
but we do not call them our enemies

and we extend our hands to greet them.
We want to work with them in unison.
Wo yay yay wo -
Medicine Man, cure all the people.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Rodd Avatar
May 13, 2017 at 11:38 PM
A beautiful. respectful tribute to the values you hold dear to your heart. Good job!
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