Trespass

I watched them rolling on the waves
 from the cliffs at dawn
 I felt the sun upon my face
 I began to run.
 What did we do to bring this evil
 On our kind?
 I grabbed my children from their beds
 And hushed their whines.
 As the shaman looked for signals in the sky
 While the rest prepared to heed the battle cry.
 War painted bodies gathered
 Implements of death
 While songs as old as time
 rang out on everything breath.
 I told the four winds
 Take my spirit if you must
 Then made my peace and walked off
 Proudly with the dust.
 As the shaman looked for signals in the sky
 While the rest prepared to heed the battle cry.
 As you try to stomp us out
 And forget our names, no.
 This land will swallow you
 The land and people are one and the same