Ghost Dance

[ellyssian]

Ghost Dance
July 2, 2005

Wa-hey,
the old story tellers say,
dance to make the white man go away,
but it's not the color of the skin, it is their way:
from the true path they did stray,
knocked down the trees and paved the world grey
bending or breaking everything they forced into the fray,
and forcing everything, come what may;
for they forget their roots, for they are made of clay,
and they allow themselves to be molded under their leaders' sway,
and until they see this hypocritical state in which they stay
they won't know the price they pay
and we have to dance to make them go away
as the old story tellers say,
wa-hey!

Copyright (C) 2005 Everett Ambrose Warren