Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Gentle Ye Be


a wooden heart and steel hand

built this land in which we live,

blood and sweat poured out of

our veins as the fought the land

and its obstacles...  we bathed

in her rivers, wore clothes made

from her animals and feasted

on fish and fowl...  we were the

pioneers who settled this land

and tamed her wildness so that

our wildness could prevail...

we were crude and ruthless

in all our undertakings as if it

was meant to be  and no one 

should stand in our way...  we

stole what we wanted, caring

not about what we may need...

we were those who gave you

your future so that your lives

might be somewhat gentler.


July 1, 2023

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