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