for international women’s day
if no means nothing
if your word means nothing
if laws mean nothing
if prayers mean nothing
if children mean nothing
if life means nothing
if tomorrow means nothing
then how can we bargain
you never look back
we carry you
you never look down
we lift your head above water
you never apologize
with both actions and words
and we cannot forgive
an unsheathed sword
you are a burden
on this soil
on our soul
you must be stopped
we must be whole
it’s time for a general strike
a generational strike
it’s time for the women
who carry the world in our hearts
to say
no more
no more
until there is
no war
no
war
everyone else
come with us
come flank this feral act
all of us
must mother the world
must craft with our boundaries
fact
our new labor
is a faith filled no
no more civility with monstrous lore
no more non essential work
no more sex with hateful sheep
no more money to those who reap
no obedience to the pedophile class
no more artificial intelligence
no more budget for endless war
no more collateral damage
of the brown and the poor
we are at the precipice
we must take to the streets
and the chambers of power
we will meet your force
with a holy no
we say yes
to the work of this late hour
chaos is your weapon
care is ours
you’ve fooled so many
but enough of us know
we pass through the portal
holding onto each other
and you will not survive
if we let you go
if you won’t stop
then we
must
as you read this
we sing at the pyre
we are birthing
the next world
and you are merely a ring
of fire