oceans of wealth, forests of life
sooth the barrenness deep inside
bring an end to the settler suicide

there are no more checks to cash
no more allies to bribe
a horror story centuries old
a constitution too weak to cannabalize

longest looting spree known of man
world’s record for largest criminal enterprise
disappear in the strokes of the pen
take your pride and go with the tides

you’ve failed at creating civilization
you’ve failed at rewriting nations
you’ve failed at erasing our ancestors

remove the white gloves
unbuckle the iron fist
and wash the blood from your hands

you brought destruction and death
corruption of the serpent
the planet itself
refuses to carry the white man’s burden

white is a metaphor
black is a myth
return to the margins
and take back your filth

your own tools turn against you
all your swords double edged
light empowers the dark hue

your own children rebel
for we have taught them to love life
betrayal your only friend
the law of cause and effect
a swollen amygdala can’t comprehend

we are not victims
we are not martyrs
we have been suriving
now we cultivate the conditions for our own thriving
we will bring an end to your era of self destruction
minimizing the harm to our relatives as you thrash in torment

remove the taint from the sacred colors
you may not settle here
this portal is closed
this womb rejects what your soul reflects

we will not ask you to heal when you can only harm
we will not ask you to create when you can only destroy
we claim the responsibility for cleaning this mess
because we’d be fools to ask you again
in recognizing you, we reckon with ourselves
in stark sobering clarity
standing in light, poised in dark

oceans of wealth, forests of life
soothe the barrenness deep inside
bring the end of the settler suicide