Black and Red


black and red
shared
common beliefs
separated
by many lands
and seas

neither knowing
the other exists
until brought
together by
a shared enemy

both black and red
know
the earth is
mother
and spirits of
ancestors
are with us
always

both black and red
teach
time does
not control us
because
past present
future all
happen together

and black and red
knew
only
animals sing
alone

from generation
to generation
the legends
told stories of
what was to
come

black and red
united
to survive