My Ancestors Cried
We went from creating art for survival,
to selling our art and culture to survive
sold and bought by the colonizers at a museums, art galleries.
While some of my people eat cheese and wine,
we get bought and sold creating genocide
Our Ancestors said art is done by the people
for the people not for rich colonizers
But we lost our way our culture, our art, our self
now we chasing the mighty dollar or some crumbs
to stay alive
I hear my Ancestors cry
We went from creating art for survival,
to selling our art and culture to survive
Exposed in museums our people can be found
but WE don't have the funds or time to appreciate our
people and Art
In Museums you can find what they did not destroy or burn
the Herstory of our people....
The Herstory of our people must be told and not by Docents at museums
But by Nuestra Gente, Curanderos, Danzantes, el pueblo.