by Shannon CrossBear
Let us weep
For what has been done to the children, to the mothers, to the fathers, to the sons and daughters
Over generations, across continents and oceans
in the name of the Doctrine of Discovery
Let us weep
And with those tears nurture right relationship
Remembering what it means to be a human being, a good relative,
Where difference does not mean division
Let us weep
Into the rivers and streams, water the earth with our tears
As we recall that we are all related, we belong to each other,
The tree, you, me,
we
Until we weep
We are destined to repeat
That which has been done
Let us weep
And heal as we discard the last domains of the doctrine of discovery
And embrace the doctrine of recovery.
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