So many years our ancestors had to hide our
culture, and still today some of our traditions.
I still remember as a child our grandparents
teaching us some of the old way.
Confused growing up being taught in school to be
ashamed of our culture and of our ways,
and to forget our language all the same.
Is this right? Weren't our ancestors here first?
Are we not people of this earth
of this land called America?
Home of the free.
Why are we still feeling like strangers
in this land of today?
Copyright ©2001 David G. Valdiviez
