Sand Creek

Sand Creek;

the truth dances like a ghost,

a mighty wind whispering through the silence

of the night;

who will hear the voices?

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, deep dark memories

of which no one speaks,

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 liars and 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 upon their guilt-ridden heads;

Sand Creek remembers.

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