Whose Land

 

-------Whose Land-------

 

You say that this is public land

but who is allowed 

to be here?

 

Before the gates

and ticket-takers,

the rules on posted signs,

 

This was not a sight 

to see and leave

but a place where people lived.

 

Laws 

can make up walls

around the commons

 

And when they do -

when they starve the Earth 

of human love -

 

They will 

and must 

be broken.

 

For there is medicine to be gathered.

The sea and forest abound 

with food.

 

But I will not ask 

of you 

permission.

 

All I ask

is that you ask

yourself

 

To remember

whose land

you are on.

 

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