Discover the Discovered?
A Poem
by Anne G
Stories foretold
of places imagined,
by men of ambition
greed and desire.
Vikings – Conquistadors
adventurers all,
seamen and sailors
daring and bold.
Some fueled by pride,
by country and queen.
Others by fortune,
silver and gold.
Visions of plunder,
possessed by their schemes.
Ignoring all dangers
and risks, unforeseen.
Perilous oceans,
rivers and seas;
mountains and jungles,
death and disease.
Great civilizations,
Aztec and Inca – Mayan much more,
infinite cultures,
centuries old.
Taking by force,
what was not theirs to take;
usurping the lands
of millions untold.
Worlds within worlds,
ancient and new;
the past and the present,
the known and unknown.
Discover the discovered
how can that be?
The natives belonging
I’m sure disagreed.
The fighting was fierce,
the losses were great;
when the dust finally settled,
America, was home.
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