before the white man came

30 Dec 2020

James Gordon
Upon a hillside beneath a cottonwood tree
a old Sioux Indian spoke to me.
He said life was good upon the plain
but that was before the white man came.
I had a lodge down by the stream 
where i would fish,dance and dream.
Ride wild ponies and hunt for game
but that was before the white man came.
Out there he said with sweep of hand
are valleys green and desert sand.
eagles soar against the suns red flame
but that was before the white man came.
Bears and wolves did the forest explore
until the winter snows came once more.
and buffalo did fill the plain
but that was before the white man came.
I looked at him he looked at me 
as we sat 'neath that shady tree.
And in his eyes i could see the pain
remembering when the white man came.

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