The purveyors of the End of a People

They came from the other side of the great water

they brought with them their customs

their religion

their guns

the only right way to live

was their way

and they had no tolerance for what they found

for here

at the end of their crossing

was a new people

people of a sort that they had never experienced

In the first days

it was these new found people

that helped them to survive

showing them the ways of this new land

but as these who had made this pilgrimage

learned to survive

they no longer found a use

for those who worshiped the earth

rather that their god

Did I mention

that they also brought with them

diseases

Today those diseases that they brought with them

are still rampant in our country

bigotry and hate are everywhere