TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
Denman Community
Surrounded by water we are afloat in time
our essence becoming one with water drops
when we get on that expensive BC ferry
and cross Baynes Sound we are islanders
Denman Islanders to the world out there
We are defined by water and the tides
Denman cave dwellers like winter bears
by nature strong and all introspective
Its risky living on an gulf island now
as we go through the eye of the needle
never knowing what tomorrow brings as
our world is hurtling toward the cliff
The past is always with us past mistakes
This island was stripped of cedar trees
Taken without thought of the spirit here
Taken in trucks we witnessed this horror
We have not forgotten or forgiven the time
The spirit of the forest remains with us
Collectively we failed to save any of them
As egos of the day stifled our resistance
