POST 27 – Why We Take a Stand

I was doing some thinking on the Day of Action coming up… and I came up with some of the base issues I see that are ongoing and unfortunately the solutions seem so far away.  This isn’t a poem with answers… just maybe some of the questions that need to be asked.

Post 27 – Why we take a Stand

By Julie Pellissier-Lush

As First Nations People all over this land

What things make us act and take a strong stand?

Is it lack of education, poverty or abuse?

Is it programs created that we can never use?

Put in isolation away from the urban places

House next to house running out of spaces

This can be where relationships get stressed and sad

People get angry and they start acting bad

Some take drugs or drink booze to take away the pain

Looking for where their pride has gone when only the hurts remain

Useless fighting where blood is spilt

Sometimes people are even killed

Loved ones are always left to grieve

Only a few go away only a few ever leave

Women hurt badly by familiar faces

Having to still hang out in the same places

Pretending the pain isn’t really there

Bruises hidden under the clothes that they wear

Why is there this pain for this generation?

The elders are hurt with this information

What can they do to help heal these wounds?

Can we find the answers locked inside an empty room?

The government comes in to consult

Over and over and over, it’s an insult

Taking our words down and then they go

What happens to these words I really don’t know?

Nothing is ever done, the troubles never end

But we can always smile and try to pretend

Who can save us from these complicated things?

Give us solutions and give us back our wings

The government with their policies

The elders with their ability to see

The little children who need things to change

The people who are damaged and act all strange?

Is it with each and every community member?

Spending an hour or two just being together?

I wish I had the answers now

I wish I had an idea how

To help all the people in isolation

Regenerate with love and not degradation

What these problems can’t take away

It is our heart for each other and the respect that we pay

We share what we have no matter how many

We will always give to those who don’t have any

These problems are not new they are just mountains we must climb

We need some answers now so we can fix it again this time

Communities are who we are all across this land

Isolated and lost sometimes, but that is why we take a stand

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