I Am Disconnected...

I run along the crackling green grass

The hushed breaths collecting in my lungs

The birds screaming in the distance

The fire touching in the dawn

It's the 21st century but I am still looked down upon 

I am hated, rioted, and stereotyped by the ‘White Ones,’

I am disconnected.

Disconnected from the sky

Disconnected from my society

Disconnected, from my loved ones

Disconnected from my culture and traditions

I am lost and forgotten as the past sets upon me.

The land is burned and tarnished 

As they look for an escape from this beautiful land they laid eyes upon 

They destroyed and forgot

They washed our love out

They washed our color out

And now we are fading.

I hope my ancestors are watching 

I hope they see me trying because I was lost at a young age and trapped in this way

I was lost from my ancestors and trapped in this generation of ‘not caring’.

I am disconnected...