Fall (of Colonialism) Comes Early

My thoughts to day were filled with some hope that we are soon free of colonialism. Yes, it hurts as passes from this world. It was never a good or just ideology. What made me think a lot about this today was when I stopped to put tobacco down and speak with the buffalo moms and their little ones, now bouncing teens coming into the 'fall.' I sat and prayed, offered my tobacco and looked up at the Sun and then to them. It was that moment the ancestors spoke. We are not free. I looked at them and saw the fence between us. No, we are not free. They are not free, we are not free.