Did you ever wonder
What happen in Wyoming
first day
Of winter 1866
Woke
Solstice morning
And even the calendar
Could not have forewarned me about
Something I didn’t know
About
what happened is something
if you were there
you
would not be able to forget
be it
bozeman
Or fetterman
Or sioux,
or cheyenne
or arapahoe
in the Fort Laramie of 1851
or in Colorado
or Sand Creek in 1864
you could only remember
what I did not know
black kettle
Chivington
promises to keep
dreams dashed
visons of earth
sky and wind and fresh blood
what can I learn of
war and peace and revenge
and pain
and wonder
in the still dark
night
it happened to you
I listened
And now I know
And now a bit of me
The part that was me
That was there can understand
Each day more light
more love revealed
NOTES
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sand-creek-massacre
