Anthem

-------Anthem-------

 

How can a country built on theft

of land and stolen labor

 

Continue to this day to claim

it is home 

of the brave and free?

 

There is a reckoning

in order

 

A time for love and reparation

to be that anthem 

of which we sing.

 

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Disarm

-------Disarm-------

What is it 

you protect 

and serve?

Whose order 

do you

keep?

For we can see 

beneath 

your armor,

Behind your badges 

and 

the game -

The white and rich

have got 

your favor,

Turned you 

on the Earth

and poor.

But please 

remember 

you are a person

Bone and blood

like the rest 

of us

Able to choose

and to

exchange

Your weapon

for your

humanity.

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An Ode to Abolition

-------An Ode to Abolition-------

It is not

so much

an absence

But a presence

for which

I dream.

For a world without violence,

without fear

or "other",

Can only be

if first 

there is intention

To love

in a revolutionary

way.

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Presence to Longing

-------Presence to Longing-------

If there is something

that you

are longing for

An absence held within

Be still 

for just 

a moment

And with your presence listen.

Paying attention

is an offering

of great affection

An acknowledgement to Life's abundance

And a gift

for both seer and 

the seen.

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