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 Dec 2015 Iris
Makiya
#1
 Dec 2015 Iris
Makiya
#1
beige sits in your skin, layers in
various shades. sometimes I mistake it for
pink, in the shadows

but no
mostly just
beige

--void
 Nov 2015 Iris
SøułSurvivør
rez
 Nov 2015 Iris
SøułSurvivør
rez
did you have a
good thanksgiving?
not to bring you down
but the people who
first helped the whites
are the poorest folk around.

the Nations of Lakota
the Navajo. the Sioux
they live their lives despairingly
not knowing what to do.

these people have rich heritage
some live off the land.
but the rez may not be able
to give them ground to stand.

what Caucasian people
gave the native folk
were the parts unwanted
a disgrace!  a joke!

some put up casinos
to "help" them in their plight
but much of this income
is wrenched from them by the white!

drugs and "fire water"
are a great deal to blame
for destruction of a culture
which bears noble name!

I have read the stories
of Gallup New Mexico
of many deaths of citizens
of the nation Navajo

because intoxication
and the bitter cold
have them sleeping under cars
or so the stories told.

when the owner of the vehicle
gets in and drives away
they run over the poor drunkard
who dies where they lay.

other grave conditions
have these people fraught
they have no essentials
we don't give a thought.

don't want to be crass
don't want to be gross
but they have no toilet paper
use newspaper! or worse!

there are churches. charity
but the folk are proud
they have basic dignity
this is not allowed.

but you can help their Nations
by giving to THEM
the worthy tribal leaders
will help them once again.

I felt lead to write this
I am SO concerned
they are the source of inspiration
by a great respect
they've earned.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 11/27/2015
Google search for
contributing to worthy
Tribal areas.

The poorest are the Souix
in South Dakota. The Navajo
to name just a few.

Land grabs by the whites, etc.
are becoming a real problem.
The government only contributes
to this injustice! The tribal leaders
gave our illustratrious president
the "honor" of receiving an
"Indian" name. Chief Walking Eagle.
He was overjoyed! But the irony was
they gave him that title because
"He is too full of sh*t to FLY!" LOL!

What was done to the Nations
is a national disgrace. I am mostly
white. But I am 1/16 of the Nation
of Iroquois. God has put these people
on my heart. And the Nations of the
Southwest also. We have a
RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP.
God is ENRAGED BY THEIR
TREATMENT. HE WILL JUDGE US
FOR HOW WE TREAT THEM.

Jesus is a God for ALL people.
He had dark skin and
woolly hair. The bible states
this plainly in the book of
Revelation.

DEAL WITH IT!
My relation with her
inhabits a silent space,

you don't need to talk much
below the ocean's surface,

it's like a rest after your work is done
an earned breather after a long run.

Now it's holding hands and swimming together
having seen all the weather.
 Nov 2015 Iris
Rj
Anew
 Nov 2015 Iris
Rj
It's about time for me to be reminded
It's about time for me to be refreshed
I'm going to see my family tomorrow and I'm very excited. They are always so good at reminding me who I am.
 Nov 2015 Iris
Rj
When I'm sad I'll drive to the store
Except I won't go right to the store
I pass the houses with Christmas lights
Or the small shops of the old town
Where things are light with color
And when I see all the people,
I'm not so lonely anymore
:) I love searching for the houses with Christmas lights. Anyways it's just a silly poem of a silly thing I sometimes do now
 Dec 2014 Iris
Daisy Chain
Squint
 Dec 2014 Iris
Daisy Chain
The darker it becomes
the more you open your eyes
only to see what you knew fade away.
Yet when there was light
you forced with all your might
to see nothing at all.
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