Creator Redeems

"Where are the sons and daughters I gave this land?
Where are the Native Americans who tended
the land that rejoiced in their care?
Where are they who loved the land
and whom the land loved?
Why does the land mourn and
why does blood soak its earth?

A day is coming when the days of mourning will end—
when the heaviness will be washed away,
for I will bring back and resurrect
the sons and daughters who were broken and taken away.
The land will see and rejoice
when I return My children to her.
The trees and the rivers eagerly wait for that day."

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Art: "End of Mourning"