Darkest Eyes

My eyes have seen the mighty sky of native bloods rolling veins

With clouds of thunder, the heaviest of pouring mounds of rains

Falling down to keep us alive, over dry cracked breaking dessert earth

Without the skies spirit, smoke from the fires rage would rise high

In the nearby mountains we kept shelter for days, in safe haven

As the forests burned away in red roasting, blazing terrors of flames

Driven by herds of wild buffalo, our game, we found a new land

Darkest, almost black, the haunting past, my eyes now blind

I do not look back, onward we are challenged by the light of day

As days grow longer, moonstruck, the owls watch the ghosts shadows

Wherever the valleys and mountains take us , we shall go

Rivers and streams flow, where we drink and spear the fish we eat

We shall overcome, not beaten down, we are strong, as darkness fades away

Darkest eyes of yesterday