They bleached our minds
bleached them white as
snow

Forgot to tell us about
the mother-lands
Mama-Africa
Mama-India
the rest of Asia

All the beautiful original peoples
we are just lost ghosts
faded into pale
contortions
of empty techno-triumph

Destroying with
consumption

My long lost
brothers and sisters
living with the forest
with the desserts
close to the trees and roots
and animals

forgive me for leaving
all those eons ago
take me
home