It’s Not Yours

I hear people say things like, “The government is giving away MY money,” or “They come over here and take our jobs!”

It’s not yours.

I hear people say, “If you don’t like it here, then leave,” or, “Go back where you came from!” This is where I came from.

It’s not yours.

You stole this land from its original dwellers. It’s not yours.

The land that you stole, you turned it into prosperity built on hatred. To the land you stole, you brought death, division, destruction.

It’s not yours.

It’s time for love to take back what it rightfully owns.

It’s time for light to shatter the darkness.

The lies we were told in our history classes feed the lies you tell yourselves.

It’s not yours. It never was.