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The Foreigners

October 6, 2018
By Zahran_M SILVER, Santa Barbara, California
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Nous vous prions respecter ces consigns pour le bonne fonctionment de cet apparail. (Translation: We pray that you respect these here instructions, for the good functionality of this appliance.)

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For many years we lived,
Distant and alone,
Isolated from the wider world...

Then one fateful day,
When all was by the norm,
Foreigners walked into our home...

They soar through the sky,
In great birds of steel,
Without a single flap of a wing...

While down on the ground,
Their carriages roll,
Seemingly pulled by thin air...

Along our village paths,
The foreigners roam,
Directions, they never do ask...

They carry shiny rocks,
Into which they talk,
Incessantly through night and day...

These foreigners arrive,
Take us by surprise,
Then expect us to just let them stay...

That must not happen,
We shan't let them dampen,
Our time-honored values and ways...

© Caelyn C., Webster, NY

The author's comments:

This poem represents how "less advanced" indigenous civilizations may have viewed the Western explorers and colonists who took over most of their lands.

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Zahran_M SILVER said...
on Nov. 27 2018 at 5:42 pm
Zahran_M SILVER, Santa Barbara, California
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@Finnpuggs I see you have found me on Teen Ink... Now, fulfill your destiny and smash the like button!
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on Nov. 9 2018 at 5:14 pm
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Yeah Zahran!!!!
Zahran_M SILVER said...
on Nov. 8 2018 at 7:51 pm
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@Summer_R_Quinn

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Feel free to take inspiration from this for your own projects! ( :
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This poem is beautifully well-written. You perfectly translated the words I'm always trying to say. Great job!