Cherokee

A home invaded by men who crusaded.

To find new land, they took from native man.

Pale face men with guns of steel, left a pain that all could feel.

Native man left the home he knew, where his children lived and where he grew.

Throughout the land was greed, they learned to survive and succeed.

As they left a trail of tears, native man was filled with fears.

Sadly, they made a new home and fought to make it their own.

Again they had to move on, what was theirs was now all gone.

Left with nothing but their dignity, they stood a mighty people the American Cherokee.

Michael C McAdoo