Wounded
Don't bury memories at Wounded Knee
that legacy is an ingrained part of history
and workers prize should never have been slavery.
How many new tribes came
the English, the Irish, the European rain
to this country of Americana fame.
Freedom, hope and dreams of change
obsessed and blinded us with gain
to take away, imprison the land we chained.
Somewhere deep in the darkness of the heart
is forgotten reasons that set for new starts
and reason and dreams became mere farce.
In self centered endeavors
stolen land, life, a history un-measured
on the books and truths severed.
Don't bury me, erasing who I was and what I did
each soul sought only to live
and in my sorrow, yes, I do the past forgive.
Copyright © DM Babbit | Year Posted 2017
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