Birthwrong

Do you wonder at the land

Choctaw Cree Seminole Sioux

and the terrible story it tells

Can you help but wonder at the silence

Sac Pawnee Oto Pottawattamie

of stories not told or heard

Do you wonder at your birthright

Cherokee Blackfoot Dakota Monona

claimed through lies, threats, and blood

I live my life contentedly

Ayuhwa Ottawa Algonquin Chippewa

and do not know or wonder

much.

©2006 Donna Jo Wallace.