Gott, wenn ich es bedenkealles was ich hier sehediese letzten Tagestellt sich mir die Frageist dir das alles nicht peinlichmir ist es grad zuvielfrage mich ob Du wegschaustich will nur noch abhaunwill es nicht mehr anschaunein Triggernach allem Erlebten Wie die sich ereifernund anfangen zu geifernwenn man was sagtDie Herzen verstopftPerücken auf dem KopfHand-Mund-Trommel-Gejauleund Gummi … Fasnacht weiterlesen
Indigen/Native
Meine Kirche. Meine Kirche?
Was soll ich in einer Kirche, in der ich mich nicht finde, und die kein safe space ist? Ist das wirklich "meine Kirche"? Als Theologiestudent im Masterstudiengang und zukünftiger Pfarrer (zumindest ist es so geplant) überkommt mich immer wieder das schleichende Gefühl und die damit verbundene Frage, ob ich das überhaupt noch kann. Kann ich … Meine Kirche. Meine Kirche? weiterlesen
Prayers
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
Search/connect?
I've been doing quite a bit of thinking after seeing, reading and listening to the posts of various indigenous content creators whom I respect a great deal. I am an individual whose identity is comprised of so many parts -some of which are being intersex, trans and autistic-, and the search for my identity, roots, … Search/connect? weiterlesen
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
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