All of us pray, but in a different wayon our knees or on our feetwith our head bowed or the faces turned to heavenSome wrapped in prayer shawlswith beads between their fingersothers with rawhide rattlesand the drumbeat in their heartsSome go to splendid temples all across the globeothers in the quiet woodor in the desert … Prayers weiterlesen
Poetry/Slam
Hakafot
I am awakeningto the need to come homethe stringent pullthat yells straight to my face fridays and saturdaysi do hakafotlike nanachsi sing and dancefilled with joy and tearsdrunk with feeling and tremblingi open the scrolls on sundaysi set my feetupon the stomp groundhearing my heart beatto the rhythmthat has always been mineguiding my feet and … Hakafot weiterlesen
Sovereign
My body is mine – SovereignSovereign as Mother Earth But my body has been colonizedby strange ideasof what isand should be and how and whatand could and can and shouldand what and may and not Like a coyote after the rainI shake my furshaking them outthey don't belong to me I am my own expertand … Sovereign weiterlesen
The other End of the Night
Would you follow me-but you can't-as I go sweat as I go quest for another visionthough nothing is grantedbut the hot desert heat I am a dreamerdreaming up songsand wordsand chantsand prayerstravelling troughout the night At the other end of the nightlies healingjust like the pollenin the heart of the corn blossomwith the right chantand … The other End of the Night weiterlesen
Native American Jew
I come from thosewho survived I am here because of their resiliencetheir couragetheir intelligencedeep commitment to what is just I come from thosewho survived No genocidecould silencetheir voicestheir livestheir strengththeir loveendtheir lineages I come from thosewho survived Institutional genocideboarding schoolsrapeslaverywarsconcentration campsattempts to eradicate our cultures I come from thosewho survived Walking with dignityand strengthin beauty … Native American Jew weiterlesen
Tremble
Tremble your handsand extend themunder a fine layer of pollenlisten to the five-fingered onesthe Gila monsterthe sandand the turquoise Find what was lost over timeAcquire the knowledge and understandingto understand your sensesto guide you to havea pleasant journeyyou - and all the Peoplefor the People
Whispers
Encoded in my DNAis the being of my ancestorsI am a descendant of my peoplecarrying all ancestralbeing Borrowing from both placesPast and Presentto keep the balanceand walk in beautyand responsibility Even if the mirrordoesn't know who I am todaythe past is more than memoryand the future more than utopiabecause everything is aliveand related Calm and … Whispers weiterlesen
Back
Like a rattlesnakeI want to crawl upcrawl up in the sandthe sand under the sunthe red sands of homein the Valley I want to go homeand the let suns of my peoplewarm each corner of my soullet Spirit mendthe pieces that are brokenwith bright drawings of sand
Resonance
I know who I amit is deep within meas I listen to the ancestors voicesand come closer to the land I am of the landnot the other way roundthe closer I comethe more it resonateswith all fibresof my being The blood of the oldflows within metheir battlesand their resiliencestheir languageand songand storiesseek to rise within … Resonance weiterlesen
Sgigi
From 7 generations in the pastto 7 generations in the futurewe were, are, and will be here no disease-ridden blanketno lead andno industrial schoolcan make us disappear Not only the bloodbut the resilienceof the ancestorsflows through my mixed-blood veins Passing it onto the next generationsWalking in Taino resilienceand Cherokee strength Decolonizing the mindlanguage is resistanceSgigi
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