For Us

This poem was inspired by “To love…,” by Arundhati Roy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZMUInKDGI

Our bodies are full

Rich from our ancestors

Hip to the rhythms of freedom

Elevated by the sounds of resistance

Our minds are powerful

Curated in our mothers womb

Cultivated through embodied experiences

And strengthened through knowledge of self

Our fingertips deepen our connection

A touch that seeks to heal not destroy

Our hands are moved by the quiet vibration of the earth

As we reach towards our lineage

We stay rooted to the land

Riding with all our memories

Traveling collectively through Indigenous space

We are planted in revolution!

The Black body possesses magic

And not in the whimsical way but

Magic that flows into the atmosphere

Magic that devourers oppressions tools

Magic that is enveloping

Art Credit @artbymonday