What have we done?
what can we say?
When nature and imagination begins to fade.
What truth can we cling to when others claim them as lies?
How can they see and know with closed eyes and minds?
We have done so many horrible things.
We killed the buffalo and left them diseased and hungry.
For land, greed, and trains.
All that bloodshed and pain for a railroad line.
Why didn’t we have the compassion and wisdom for peace?
Hindsight is 20/20; we should have done the right thing.
We enslaved a race in shackles and chains.
Whipped bodies, bloodstains, hunger and death.
Worked to the bone, no home and disrespect.
We sat in churches thinking we were ordained and blessed.
Looking through white eyes and avoiding the lies and hypocrisy.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, we told a race to pack their bags.
You’re guilty and can’t prove your innocence.
You don’t have the rights of a good citizen.
We’re going to place you in a containment prison.
In this dust bowl, in these hell hole shacks.


Innocence and freedom take a plunge.
This is a mandatory draft.
Get your ass in these uniforms.
Vietnam war, the horror, the horror.
Pungee pits and ****.
Russian roulettes and violence.
The hunger and torture.
Like cruel vultures, picking away.
So hard to stay alive and sane.
This is just a brief glimmer.
A short simmer into the flames of evil
I am ashamed of what my country has done.
I am so ashamed of what humanity has done
I am sorry but I can’t change the past.
It happened before I was born.
Together we can build a better tomorrow.
Remember the past, remember those that died.
The ones that gave they’re hearts and lives.
In the name of freedom, justice, peace and morality.
Honor them, live for what’s right.

You alone will shape your destiny.
Someday someone will love and hold you.
You will make the world a better place.
Don’t give up you will be happy.
Just hold on to what you love..

thank you

Ouch!

You are so right, here in Australiam we have a similar shameful past.

beautiful, thankyou.

"I am ashamed of what my country has done.
I am so ashamed of what humanity has done
I am sorry but I can’t change the past.
It happened before I was born.
Together we can build a better tomorrow."



.....Yes, we will build a better tomorrow, starting today.

Ty for sharing your write, your questions, your thoughts