The displaced tribals

Here lived my forest
My people
The sacred pond
The ghost tree
The primeval souls
And the totems

Then one day
They said
We must be moved
For all to develop

Now I see
It was a lie
A false truth
They developed
They flourished,
We were forgotten

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