Outcast/Two Worlds

[Cinkala]

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Outcast

Outcast, unwanted, uneeded, unloved
Too many times left out in the cold
Caught inbetween two worlds
Feeling trapped as if my future has been sold

Taught to be ashamed of part of who I am
Those lessons easily ignored
No home like a tumbleweed in the wind
Like a sand placed on then carried off shore

Not fully accepted anywhere I go
Trying to find who I am
They want me to be something I can't be
Why can't they understand?



Two Worlds

Ancestors from two worlds
Reach out their hands
To choose one is to spit on the other
Can I not chose both? This I don't understand

Nordic, Viking, Native, Lakota
Both sets of blood call my name
I scream becasue I love them both
I just can't win this terrible game

It's fine, I am both
A bridge between
Others will say what others will say
But when I look to the stars and see their gleam

I know ancestors, black hair, blonde, skin red and white
Look down on and watch me
A child of two worlds
One day I'll be joined with them all, not judged, just loved, finally free



I thought I'd try my hand at poetry. Hope it's good. Yes... I'm mixed.

[EquaySunshine]

Very nice. I can relate. It's good to get your feelings out. I've written very similar poems. They were taken very well in my community. And I even had one published in The Anishinabe News at my college. The publication reached roughly 3,000 people. My picture was posted with the poem and people recognized me from the paper. I had a few elders commend me for my strength to share. Keep on writing friend.

[AmigoKumeyaay]

Great writing there!

[Cinkala]

Very nice. I can relate. It's good to get your feelings out. I've written very similar poems. They were taken very well in my community. And I even had one published in The Anishinabe News at my college. The publication reached roughly 3,000 people. My picture was posted with the poem and people recognized me from the paper. I had a few elders commend me for my strength to share. Keep on writing friend.

Awesome about one of your poems being published that's really awesome!

And thank you, this is my first serious poem.

[Cinkala]

Great writing there!

Thank you very much!

[Tsalagi_Phoenix]

They are both very good poems. I can definitely relate.

[Cinkala]

They are both very good poems. I can definitely relate.

Thank you very much.

[Stands Alone]

GREAT writing, I can relate to this also!! Keep writing, you do very well....except maybe some spelling...lol but other than that it was great!

[Cinkala]

GREAT writing, I can relate to this also!! Keep writing, you do very well....except maybe some spelling...lol but other than that it was great!

Thank you very much! I'll try and work on the spelling.

[Stands Alone]

Thank you very much! I'll try and work on the spelling.

[muskrat_skull]

Thank you for your wonderful poems, [MENTION=131531]Cinkala[/MENTION]. I really enjoyed them and they spoke to my heart. I hope you write more. I have a little book I write mine in and even though its just for me and my kids maybe when I pass on, it helps me alot.