Larry Folk - 15 (Two Hundred-Fifteen)

215 – [Two Hundred Fifteen] (Folk)

So many pining for the truth
They long for truth to be revealed
About the innocents now sealed
‘neath wooden markers in a field
That cry out a silent vigil

So many pining for the truth
Hear words of reconciliation
On the affairs of church and nation
That spawned a heartless subjugation
Children who never had a voice
Who were taken without choice
Straight from the arms of those who loved them

So many pining for the truth
They are the ones who lived the story
Who were denied a time of glory
Who hear how much we all are sorry

Who seek to finally bring them home
Who wait to take just one good breath.

Dedicated to Norman Retasket, with thanks
And for the Tk’emlups te Secwpemc people, those lost and living
© 2023 Lawrence J Folk/Folkscript Music