What Did We Do?

by Frankie R.

The Long Knives came

Took everything I loved.

Burned our homes

to the ground, to ashes.

Destroyed our crops,

our trees, our corn.

Annihilated.

Left us with nothing,

Barely any hope.

Now, as we march the trail,

I ask myself,

What did we ever do to deserve this?

What did we do to deserve

Trudging hundreds of miles

to a home which is less than satisfactory?

What did we ever do to upset you, Great Spirit?

What did we do?