You Say!

Today my guest blogger is Shad Bolt Smith of the Delaware Nation. She is a native american poet from Carrollton, Kentucky. Shad has served in the United States Army, was a police officer in Indiana and is the mother of two children.
You Say By Shad Bolt Smith of the Delaware Nation 

You say you had a dream a vision I heard you sayyou have this need to tell meof the things you saw this day.
YOU SAY.....you saw our peoplelaughing in the morning lightand the children's were so happytheir eyes were very bright.
YOU SAY.....your vision showed you a rainbow many colors of many thingsThe sun, glowed a pretty redand the grass a shinning green
YOU SAY.....you will cut your hairand wear the white man's skinsthey will see this difference and then will call you friend
YOU SAY.....you will sale some of our Mother Earthand maybe a horse or twowe'll have all we needthe white man promised you
YOU SAY.....you will hunt no longerwill stay with me insteadthe white man promises cattleso our people will all be fed.
NOW I SAY....I too had a dreama vision as you saya vision that was lonelyfor our people had gone away
I SAY.....In my vision, was a white man's schooland our children looked at mewith eyes not bright from laughterbut shinning White's man's blue
I SAY.....shinning in my visionI saw your grass of greenbut the shining was barbed wirea very ugly thing
NOW I SAY....."glowing" with angerwas you sun so redGlowing from the pain of our peoplered, from, the blood of our dead!
I SAY....sell the Mother Earthsell that which is not ours?what will they ask for next,the trees, the air, the stars?
I SAY...if we sell our landwe sell our children too. we sell our heart to bea white man's stupid fool.
I SAY.....our people you saw laughingwere drunk on Fire waterthe drink, that closes your eyes....to the tears, of our forefathers!
I SAY.....cut your hairand dig in Mother Earthto give up our way of life,that we have known since birth?
I SAY...I cannot stopthese fear nor tearsI hear your voicebut can't believe my ears
I SAY....You do not meanwhat you have just saidThat fire water has gone to your head.
I SAY....mixed beliefs, mixed childrenmixed customs and lawsthis, your beginningis where the red man falls
Now husband, I say.....far better than your visionplease hear my criesHokahey, Hokahey
It is a good day on which to .......to die!