What history are you saying
I should be proud of?
Which
culture is the one worthy
For me to call my own?
Can I be proud of the fact,
That my fore-bearers were
nothing
But greedy bastards,
They killed and maimed,
To
create empires in far of lands?
That the sad trade of
slavery
Was the origin of the money
I now cherish and
enjoy?
Can I be proud of World War One,
Or World War
Two,
Where they fought for freedom,
And yet denied the
freedom of others?
Is this the history for which
I can be
proud?
Can I be called a man
Who loves his history,
When mine
was an orgy of killing,
The raiding and raping of other
tribes.
Can I say with pride
This is where I came
from,
Where witchcraft and fear and religion,
Decided the
way that my fore-bearers lived
And who held the ultimate
power?
Can I be proud of a culture,
Where the youth now
denies it
And claims another as its very own?
No I don't deny they are mine,
My history, the root of my
culture,
But I am not proud, in fact,
I want no part of
it,
Let that history be damned.
I will take the best of
each culture,
Make it part of my being,
To provide a much
better history
For my children to call their own.
Posted: 2007-06-25 22:27:13