Ꭷ opposition/opposite... I am surrounded in beauty ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᏬᏚᎯ if only they could see what I can.
We are already nothing, dead and ephemeral, but the beauty persists ᏅᏬᏘ
I can’t find solace in the binary opposition of politics, tribal or otherwise ᏙᎯ ᏥᎪᏩᏘ it’s not the world I see. ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᏣᎳᏏᎦᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᎯ for me, myself, the way is truly white. ᏚᏳᎪᏛ
They do oppose us ... always have at least. Often they don’t know it, our friends and brothers, they might even try to stop us. It doesn’t matter we cannot be their opposite, we don’t have one but it hurts when we find ourselves standing on the other side ᎠᎾᏗᏢ.
One side will speak about our ugly prayers and lack of God, like Canaanites they call us reprobate. Manifest Destiny is our fault, God’s will. The Creator is an idol to their iconoclasts.
The others call us friends and lift up our teary eyed image, but that is the idol they love, selfishly ᎤᎨᏳᎭ Its not who we are. We held the fort for 470 years, and we are still gathered around our ᎪᏛ, our ᎠᏥᎳᎦᏴᎵ. They call us friends and want to shelter us, but he day we refuse guardianship will be the day they remember that they sit in the same house as those across from us ᎠᎾᏗᏢ.
We cannot brag and hubris is no virtue, we have done no different. ᎢᎦᏠᏯ, ᎢᎦᎵᎪᏒ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏓ ᏂᎧᎥ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎡᎵᏊᏍ ᏕᎦᏕᎨᏳᏎᏍᏗ but if we had treated them that way would we have not been swallowed up? That’s why we are here, they were ᎠᎾᏗᏢ
ᏃᏊᏥᎩ ᏂᎦᏓ ᏧᎾᎴᏅᏓ we look around and we are all seated ᎠᎾᏗᏢ our ᎠᏥᎸ is barely glowing, do we even have faith in the ᏅᏬᏘ, really? It is God’s gift ᎠᏓᏍᏕᏟᏙᏗ we have laid our ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ down, and we can’t recognize our own faces in the shadows.
We have become too quick to correct and too slow to teach, by example. When we see someone on the other side, ᎠᎾᏗᏢ do we go and get them by the hand, accept them? If they are to blind do we still have the ᎠᏕᎳᎰᏎ to lead them, is our vision still that strong?
ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎯᎪᎵᏯ Include them and if our way is worthy they will follow. ᏕᎦᏓᎸᏉᏕᏍᏗ and we will have to show it. ᏂᎦᏓᏊ ᏱᏗᏙᎿ ᏕᏣᏓᏟᏴᏎᏍᏗ cling together because we need to live and speak ᏚᏳᎪᏛ
ᎢᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᏗᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏔᏓ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᎦᏠᏯ and we don’t have a word for opposite, we are united in cause because we cannot be defined by a false dichotomy. We carry our own weight, we provide our own value, as created by God ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗ ᏕᎦᏓᏰᎸᏎᏍᏗ
I cannot stay on the other side... no darkness will define my light. ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᏯ ᏩᏕ ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ
We are already nothing, dead and ephemeral, but the beauty persists ᏅᏬᏘ
I can’t find solace in the binary opposition of politics, tribal or otherwise ᏙᎯ ᏥᎪᏩᏘ it’s not the world I see. ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᏣᎳᏏᎦᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᎯ for me, myself, the way is truly white. ᏚᏳᎪᏛ
They do oppose us ... always have at least. Often they don’t know it, our friends and brothers, they might even try to stop us. It doesn’t matter we cannot be their opposite, we don’t have one but it hurts when we find ourselves standing on the other side ᎠᎾᏗᏢ.
One side will speak about our ugly prayers and lack of God, like Canaanites they call us reprobate. Manifest Destiny is our fault, God’s will. The Creator is an idol to their iconoclasts.
The others call us friends and lift up our teary eyed image, but that is the idol they love, selfishly ᎤᎨᏳᎭ Its not who we are. We held the fort for 470 years, and we are still gathered around our ᎪᏛ, our ᎠᏥᎳᎦᏴᎵ. They call us friends and want to shelter us, but he day we refuse guardianship will be the day they remember that they sit in the same house as those across from us ᎠᎾᏗᏢ.
We cannot brag and hubris is no virtue, we have done no different. ᎢᎦᏠᏯ, ᎢᎦᎵᎪᏒ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏓ ᏂᎧᎥ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎡᎵᏊᏍ ᏕᎦᏕᎨᏳᏎᏍᏗ but if we had treated them that way would we have not been swallowed up? That’s why we are here, they were ᎠᎾᏗᏢ
ᏃᏊᏥᎩ ᏂᎦᏓ ᏧᎾᎴᏅᏓ we look around and we are all seated ᎠᎾᏗᏢ our ᎠᏥᎸ is barely glowing, do we even have faith in the ᏅᏬᏘ, really? It is God’s gift ᎠᏓᏍᏕᏟᏙᏗ we have laid our ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ down, and we can’t recognize our own faces in the shadows.
We have become too quick to correct and too slow to teach, by example. When we see someone on the other side, ᎠᎾᏗᏢ do we go and get them by the hand, accept them? If they are to blind do we still have the ᎠᏕᎳᎰᏎ to lead them, is our vision still that strong?
ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎯᎪᎵᏯ Include them and if our way is worthy they will follow. ᏕᎦᏓᎸᏉᏕᏍᏗ and we will have to show it. ᏂᎦᏓᏊ ᏱᏗᏙᎿ ᏕᏣᏓᏟᏴᏎᏍᏗ cling together because we need to live and speak ᏚᏳᎪᏛ
ᎢᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᏗᎦᏚᏩᎩ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏔᏓ ᏂᎦᏓ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᎦᏠᏯ and we don’t have a word for opposite, we are united in cause because we cannot be defined by a false dichotomy. We carry our own weight, we provide our own value, as created by God ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗ ᏕᎦᏓᏰᎸᏎᏍᏗ
I cannot stay on the other side... no darkness will define my light. ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᏯ ᏩᏕ ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ
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