A Second Dream

A lost native boy, found in the woods, the wolves protected him, from all that sin

The northern pines, sheltered the forests, the smell of the mushrooms, the honeysuckle briar

The boy grew up to be a man, he hunted the deer, the elk, and even the bear

Lost but not forgotten, his brothers road in, with bare backs, and bare feet, hanging over horseback

In the heat of the wilderness, rose the wrestless fight, white against red, blood shed

Though the morning soon came, and the sparrows fled, the crows gave heed, the vultures dug grave

But a second dream, came true, for the warrior men, the Cherokee nation fought for their rights

And the young, women and men became one, gathered together, a family in one, and the lost was found

This native man, the leader, the tribe soon flourished, with richness, from the earth, and the waters

The crops growing in the fields, the fish from the rivers, the squirrels from the trees

All became one, without hunger, without disease, in the beginning, it was their dream

To love, to prosper, to be all that they could be, to see the sky, and the mountains be free

Nothing more, nothing less, just be given a second chance, that was their dream