We ride upon
the white-eyes--
The blue-coats
are many
we are few.
Thuddah-thuddah--
They have the rifles
that shoot many times.
We have hearts
often broken as the
promises made us
Thuddah-thuddah--
We will not go
to reservations
and be starved to death.
We shall fight with the moon
In the morning sky
Thuddah-thuddah--
We have spent the night dancing,
beneath her brightness.
We wear the ghost shirt
so the fire of the white eyes
will pass harmlessly by
Thuddah-thuddah--
We have beaten the Ghost drum
and circled the raging fire
chanting to the Great Spirit
playing the Ghost Flute
We are invulnerable
Thuddah-thuddah--
We see you, white eyes
we scream our defiance
contemptuous of death.
You have raped the land
and murdered its children
Thudah--Thudah--
Feel our power
feel our arrows
Feel our...
Blam!
Darkness steals my vision
I lay in a pool of my own blood.
Lied to once again
because I wanted to believe.
No matter...
It is a good day to die.
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This poem is based on a true event,
the last great Indian rebellion--
It didn't come off quite as expected.
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Wounded veteran and battered woman face more trials together!
After an RPG attack on their barracks in Afghanistan, corpsman, Wade Scott wakes up in an Army hospital in Germany with his right arm gone. His other friends were wounded too. Luk
"and circled the raging fire
chanting to the Great Spirit
playing the Ghost Flute
We are invulnerable"
excellent verse...
You allowed the story to tell its truth
through you -- most excellent -- even the
story surprised itself!