When the white man came
We lost our claim upon the land
That seamlessly held us safe
Within the palm of its hand
As we felt the tearing away of our souls
From a way of life we knew
Our pain and history and stories
Fell into a deep abyss
Of silence
As our ancestor’s spirits cried
Because the earth does not lie
When it experiences the blood that falls
As foreign souls kill those who souls
Mean nothing to them
So if now that haunting cry is heard around the land
Who will open their ears
To the lament
As the crescendo of voices rises
They come asking something of all of us
And surely it is way past time
We opened our bodies
Heart and soul
To listen
Emerging From The Dark Night 
Passionate and powerful Deb…. the ancient spirits are rebelling against our self righteous and arrogant ways.
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I believe so Ivor.. there is a use by date on our disconnection and arrogance at the moment and a groundswell that needs to be heard.. I am gaining the best peace in that quietness… its full of those voices.. hugs dear dear friend.. ❤ ((–))
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Yes ((hugs)) to you Deb… Hope you keeping ok… I’m snug in bed already.. A bit of plumbing the pass 2 days.. 💙🌏🛏
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Oh okay.. I am good at the moment Ivor.. I am usually ready for bed most nights but I seem to have a bit of energy tonight and am revisiting some past posts.
Did you do plumbing work for someone else?
Hope you feel so cosy all wrapped up there its the best place in winter… ❤
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Yes, a few little jobs, and another one tomorrow… no rest for the wicked 😊💙🌏
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Good on you though.. hope you get a really good rest tonight, lovely.. ❤
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This is a beautiful and wonderfully constructive way to deal with what is happening in our world. I can’t pick a line that I like better than the next. The poem is beautifully written, powerful and a way to remind everyone of the injustices to so many dead. I love the way you let the earth talk through the blood shed. Gorgeous work my friend. Love 💕 and hugs to you my friend. Joni
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You know I read to day that when the planet Venus goes retrograde as she now is she is embraced by the earth.. I had this feeling of the ancestors pain of indigenous peoples rising up through me.. I lived by the coast at a place of a massacre and I did not know it for years but I had experiences there of ‘darkness’ and consulted a psychic and she told me of the ancestral spirits.. they need a voice.. far too much suffering went on in silence.
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Powerful, as an African and Nigerian, this hit me differently, I had to read it over and over again, holding my breathe for seconds, how you come to paint out reality in such a short poem is amazing, thank you for this, it is a reminder.
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Bless you Olopele I believe in this message with all my soul.
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