Native American Warriors
Before turtle island was called America newly arrived immigrants begged and prayed to survive winter.
Hungry settlers arrived cold, desperate, fleeing persecution and collapse.
The Natives of this land fed them.
Taught them how to plant.
How to fish.
How to survive the ice.
Now the descendants of those uninvited guests build walls enforced by ICE.
ICE at the border.
ICE in the courts.
ICE in the hearts of men who forgot who fed their ancestors when they were starving.
Freedom is frozen.
Justice is frozen.
Compassion is frozen solid.
Children shiver in detention while politicians wave flags and speak about liberty with frozen tongues.
The same land that once held ceremonies for the stranger now cages the stranger. Read More »
