annie_griffin

I don't know who opened the door but everyone keeps telling me
that there is no way to close it now. It's my journey they say
and there is no going back. A man stands before me and he asks
"are you an Indian"? I look at the ground and I reach in my pocket.
I find a small piece of broken pottery among my spare change.
I tell him I don't think so and I give him this shard with a fraction of myself carved into it. This is all I got. This is all they gave me 1/16.

-annie

ndnangel49

Thats a really good poem, very deep, thank you for sharing it

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"As your children want to become doctors and lawyers, they may find it difficult. They may hear 'well, your parents were in a terrorist group/ We tell you that now, so you understand it. Tell your children to tell their children this [Wounded Knee 1973] was a very proud moment. Wear that history like a badge of honor. We will never, ever say we were sorry we did it." Dennis Banks, AIM


"Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger." John Trudell


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You gotta say it right "Pahk tha cah in Havid yahd! "

annie_griffin

ndnangel49,
Thanks. Maybe you'll write something when you feel like it.

-annie

annie_griffin

The man hands me a card that says rejected,stamped in big black letters. I wonder what it is I have been rejected from. I keep walking. I hold my child's hand and when
I look at his face I see his brown eyes and brown hair and I know that whatever anyone may say he is whole and perfect.




-annie

Miss C. Abitong

wow i wish i can write stuff like that!

annie_griffin

Miss C Abatog,
I think you could probably write something better.
It is a learned skill. If you really desire to write
you just need some time,inspiration and a little direction.


happy writing


-annie