the forbidden race

first-nation
splash of rainbow
hope
in the
moon-day
star-beams
for eyes
probe
devil-darkness
living
true to nation, creed
dignity inspite of
death
to their
names
trashed but breathing
dumped in piles of
profanity
struggling to
float
in ponds of
tongue-poison
calling on
ancestors
native
offspring
turn their backs
Mother Nature
Father God
pour compassion
feed fire
into suffocating
spirits