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Sharmagne Leland-St.John and Kaila Chan
WHERE DOES YOUR CULTURE END AND MINE BEGIN? Where does your culture end and mine begin?They call you Asian They call me Indian We are Mongoloid the same race But we grew up, each of us, in a different place I ask you, "Where does my culture end and yours begin?" You live in paper houses with walls so thin I live inside a tipi with walls made of skin We are of the same race But each of us, grew up, in a different kind of space. Your way, my way, unique from the start Yet we were born one spirit, deep within two hearts Our cultures entwined Yours and mine Here in the jasmine scented night I wish upon a star And feel my sister's smile, shining from afar The arms of family reaching to the wind I ask you, "Where does my culture end and yours begin?
©Sharmagne
Leland-St.John and Kaila Chan 2006
Sharmagne Leland-St. John
is a
Native
American
poet, concert performer, lyricist, artist, and film maker. She
is the
Editor-in-Chief
of the
poetry e-zine
Quill and
Parchment.com.
Sharmagne spends time between her home in the Hollywood Hills,
in
Southern California
and her fishing lodge on the
Stillaguamish River in the Pacific Northwest.
She tours the United States, Canada, and England, as a
performance poet, either solo or with her band of poets "Poetry
in Motion." Her most recent chap book "Unsung Songs," is in
its third printing.
Visit Quill and Parchment: http://www.quillandparchment.com/ Kaila is Asian. A born and bred Southern California girl who now makes her home in Glendale, Arizona. Kaila's children are grown and out of the house, giving her time to explore new hobbies such as golf, quilting and scrap booking.
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