The countries plea

We smash iron posts into cracked clay 

building up before we look down 

our actions cause regret for generations 

We recite the words—paying respect to elders past and present—

begging for forgiveness

We say we forgive but we will never forget 

Always remember the lies they told, 

the promises that are never kept 

I walk on the soil of the land that isn't mine 

heavy with the debt I cannot return. 

Moss chokes the trees through their raspy tired howls

the sea erodes the cliff, 

the birds cry, the flowers no longer bloom. 

The land is lost, 

buried deep in the lies and forgotten words 

that once made a whole world 

I hear them plea every night the country begs for a key 

I do not posses,

one girl cannot change a lifetime of mistakes 

this late.