Poetry- Standing on Barren Land

Standing On Barren Land

By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Substandard housing

Concrete floors

These are not

Warehouses

Yellow lighting

Bulbs burnt out

Hanging from cords

I squint

Unseeing

Winds whistling through

Rushed buildings

Down to the foundations

Flood prone lands

That threaten to

Displace

Inmates huddled

Behind

Treaty walls

While empowered eyes

Dissect and disgrace

2012