MANY MOONS

 

WE CAN'T SEE THE BLOOD ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS

WE CAN'T KNOW THE EARLY SETTLERS FEARS

WE CAN'T FEEL THE PAINS OF SLAVERY

IT SEEMS THEY FOUGHT TO KEEP THEIR PEACE

I VIEW THE PAST SO VIVIDLY

I LOVE THE WORLD AND ITS HISTORY

BUT WE DWELL ON MEMORIES' REGRET

THERE IS NO NEED FOR MORE BLOODSHED

CAN WE MOVE ON?

I ASK YOU HOW LONG

UNTIL WE SEE TODAY

 

THE THIRD REICH, THE KU KLUX KLAN

MALCOM X AND VIETNAM

WE'VE BATTLED CONSCIENCE FOR CENTURIES

FOR ALL THINGS FALTER TO HUMAN GREED

WE CAN'T SLIDE BACK IN TIME TO CHANGE OUR FATE

THIS IS NO SEASON TO TRACK DOWN HATE

ARE WE IGNORANT OR JUST TOO FAR GONE

TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS RIGHT FROM WRONG?

CAN WE MOVE ON?

I ASK YOU HOW LONG

UNTIL WE SEE TODAY

 

WE WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER

HERE WHERE WE ARE NOT WHERE WE WERE

BROTHERHOOD IS OUR REALITY

MAY WE DO WELL WITHOUR LIBERTY

AND LET US LEARN....

FROM MISTAKES WE MADE MANY MOONS AGO

 

 

 

Copyright 2000  (Robert West)