Laughter echoed about the room But silence would deafen Before the flowers bloom The snow will fall But I won’t be here Not even at all My mother’s hugs bring peace But it won’t last long Because of my race They call me a dirty savage But Ingawii says I am not Maybe I am because of my brown face My father’s face is hard Trying not to show emotion It cuts my heart like a shard I will return one day Don’t worry Nootawi In the land, we will go to stay My teacher’s strap burns my hand I won’t, I won’t I won’t speak the language of my land My mother tongue is hushly spoken But fear is always here What if they catch us, awoken My sister is with me But they keep her away Even if I cry when I plea My brother is strong Even when he’s beaten But this is so wrong My home is far away I remember it in my dreams With Innimsh I will pray To return home one of these days Insdesh is going home We all part ways Laughter echoed about the room My family is together again My father is funny, I assume Tomorrow I shall return But as fate would have it I will return in a urn