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it is our turn to carry the world

a community safety ritual: write down or bring to mind the names of those you commit to protecting, specific names, and targeted groups of people. it can be a long list or a short one, it just needs to be a true commitment for you. 

 

it is our turn to carry the world

 

we are each other’s safety 

right now, and every day

decide who you will protect

yourself, your own and who else

 

it’s time to cover all that we love

land, creature, place, person

intertwine your roots with mine

in this way our lives become miracles

 

there will be strangers

they will become comrades

we will each say our needs

we will learn to let community come closer

 

every part of us is a shield

our words, our trust, our hearts

our bodies in action

and the freedom to think for ourselves

 

we are the adaptation

no oppressor can imagine

our love is water – form-shifting power, river, vapor, life

we flood each other with belonging

 

we are building our stamina

we dream of the real world

we carry god, and see god, in each of our faces

your holiness is not too heavy, not for me

 

our attention and courage 

show us the next stand to take

the next hill on which to hold each other

and if needed, the next hiding place: survive!

 

our imagination and memory

find the wisdom of our ancestors

find our future in the rubble

find the seeds in our songs

 

we choose our freedom

we keep each other’s souls intact

safer than any cage of empire

we know something better is coming

 

we are each other’s safety 

we see each other’s freest selves

we will hold on tight, in public, in private

over and underground

 

and we will never let go 

we will never let go 

we will never let go 

we will never let go 

 

now take that piece of paper and memorize it – that is your spell of community safety. when you have it in your tongue and bones, bury it into dirt you love so the earth holds this commitment with you, with us.

axé oooo, ameen, amen, aho, and so it is