behold the silent noise
\ncries with no voice
\ngenerations of shattered lives
\ndiscarded like broken toys
\na too early demise
\nlost and tortured souls
\nghostly lullabies
\nlegacies no one knows
\nunknown tomorrows
\ntossed in ships’ holds
\nyoung and old
\nsuffered mortal blows
\nwe bear ragged wounds
\nthat still won’t mend
\ncaptured and confined
\nfor tawny skin
\nwith none to defend
\ncrooned on the winds
\nsongs of pain and sorrow
\nhorrors relived today
\nrepeated tomorrow
\nsounds echo through time
\nthe baying of hounds
\nsnapping at heels in flight
\nthose frightening sounds
\nthat portent
\nbeing ripped limb from limb
\nwade in the water a warning
\nnot merely a hymn
\nhomelands lost
\nbodies broken and torn
\nmemories scorned
\nwith none to mourn
\nsexual violence
\nrites of passage for pale sons
\ndark daughters victims
\nnone too young
\nthere was never
\na deed too vile
\nnot even the stolen
\ninnocence of a child
\nyour founding fathers
\nall pedophiles
\nwhitewashed and denial
\nsavagery hidden
\nyour history rewritten
\nthe truth forbidden
\nregarded with shame
\nlies all the same
\ndescendants of savagery
\nhidden family names
\nwith ours discarded
\nlegacies disregarded
\na stolen land
\nfrom exterminated red hearts
\nbuilt with our stolen labor
\nfrom dark to dark
\na world built
\nwith blood sweat and violence
\nsounds of torture
\ndrowned out by silence
\nno one to hear
\nour tormented cries
\nsilent slave narratives
\nmade mute with white lies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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