In These Sacred Lands Poem by Benjamin Chiu Uy

In These Sacred Lands

What word defined us
as humans,
What will it take after centuries,
This hibernating process,

Our ancestors paintings,
In the cave,
To show as creations,

We were the most sentient,
We know the blood,
the emotion,

The land we buried our loved ones,
The fortifications,
The landscapes we fought with natures,

The beast,
The rouges,

The dyings we took
as sacrifices,
as arbitrary,
as life,