What we had was a fairy tale,
a story written and performed
by monsters, a shadow play of
elaborate detail, a hero's
narrative told over
and over
while
we
committed
atrocities in their name,
for their purposes,
our true history
forgotten,
our
moral
guidance
obscured,
our very names lost.
Who are we?
They gave us a brand, long ago.
Now they're rebranding us,
discarding what's no
longer useful
to them,
cutting away
whole family lineages.
They are a false god.
They are a millstone
around the necks of
a hundred million
souls.
May 10, 2024
