i do not consent to these horrors

done to them    done to us

i will not be silent

i will not accept death

from any hands but god’s

i will not forget

i am becoming ungovernable

i am learning to stay awake

i am carving terrain from chaos

i will not shirk my responsibility

i carry a light that can never be put out

i pass it to you

even the full moon borrows this fire

daily brighter with my rage

i grant permission to all benevolent healers – pray my name

i’m learning to sustain a righteous scream

i dance in the cycle of light and shadow

i live as if i am dying

i know now is precious

i am becoming accountable

i am learning to rest

i am returning to the earth

i will carry five pounds of the future

water, oxygen, light, witness

i know i need you

i wake up weaving a wordless spell

for life   for us   for breath

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