History Repeats

Late to the party they  came

crashing the shorelines

razing beliefs

Mother Nature

harmony

all is one

one is all

poetry of the land and man.

Hands held out in friendship

slapped away

rebuked

‘nothing do you know

we are better

we are whiter

you are wrong

your gods are wrong

everything you have been taught

is wrong.’

Language stricken

bars of soap eaten

if heard the words of home

of comfort

ever spoken.

‘kneel now

before your better

acknowledge our god

as the only god

even as he condones the abuses

that you shall suffer

to earn his love.’

Braids removed

shorn like Samson

strength removed

through beatings

beratings

time and again

day

night

ever on

the tides never turned

no matter how many words…..

©June 27/21

Picture is my own