leap into a world where
we talk about october 6 and jim crow
and reservation depression and soweto and prisons in one done breath
our impossible past
displacement is criminalized
repair is a collective priority
our reparations plant heirloom gardens
in ancestral wounds
leap into a world where
leadership, celebrity, even worship
are granted with orgasmic delight
based purely on how much you care
and listen, and give
the guns were all melted down
made into shovels, hoes, picks
doorknobs, keys, foundations
crown jewelry of life
leap into a world where
the magnetic force of earth adapted
now bombs only ever fall upwards
back into the planes and drones that drop
them, instantly obsolete
death comes naturally
distance calms dissonance
children each get one whole childhood
and we all make the magic
leap into a world where
the earth sings to each of us
and we daily fall under her spell
enthralled by her abundance
naked as she is in the sun
to be black is to be free as everyone else
to be palestinian is to be home like everyone else
to be human is to be connected to everyone else
to be you is to be safe with anyone else