From gates to keepers

Métis stuff?
Is my blood red?
We got to self harm
to check that truth?
We all mixed up.
It was always so.
Old Ones
Taught better,
Helped us learn,
Build us up, 
Brought together.

What culture?
Is my blood red?
We got to hold heart
to check that truth?
We all scar(r)ed,
Infected dollars,
Rounds for everyone,
Shots
- whether you want -
Many hands raise your glass.
Brought together.

Bear Story?
Is my blood red?
We got to monitor monthly
to check that truth?
We all living,
what else to do,
Till visions,
Traded
garden to garden,
soil to worm,
from gates to keepers.

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