Sand Creek

Sand Creek;

the truth dances like a ghost,

a mighty whisper on the wind,

who will hear the voices through

the silence of the night,

who will right the wrong?

hard to love, when so much

injustice abounds,

hard to forgive, when innocent blood

runs across stolen ground;

dirty little secrets,

of which no one speaks,

forgotten memories,

best left hidden;

you can never escape the past,

it follows you like a shadow,

softly surrounding you like a glove,

slowly becoming a part of who you are,

silently determining what you become;

all the treachery and cowardice revealed,

their souls laid bare, the self-made bravado

and false heroics, silently exposed,

sons of murderers, daughters of thieves,

descendants of swine,

a little lower than dogs,

somewhat less than human;

without honor,

without dignity,

without hope;

their homes built upon hypocrisy and greed,

their tongues filled with misconceptions and lies,

their legacy standing like a wavering deck of cards,

waiting to crash down on their guilt-ridden heads;

Sand Creek remembers.

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