The Wind

Be with the wind, dear child, be with the wind because the wind will never fail you. It tells it like it is: present yet invisible until it pounds its mighty fist, roof tiles falling, refugees sprawling; the next day gentle, subtle whispers on the cheek, nature calling, mother asking for a forgiveness she does notContinue reading “The Wind”

Oh no

Why why why this mess what a mess that we never cleaned up America you’ve torn off your robe you’ve smeared your blood all over the world floor called nature your own people’s skin a tapestry for meaning for meaning why when we ought to ask how how do we get back home?   AprilContinue reading “Oh no”

watching the moon

  you are on your own with a life that belongs to no one– and that is more than okay.   what do I believe in? I believe in truth, the elements, digging underneath the dirt of lies we have been hiding underneath our skin, feeding one another   with or without realizing it your soulContinue reading “watching the moon”

Inheritance

What legacy have I been born into, have you been born into, have we been born into?   The farmer, the preacher, the banker, the slave owner, the slave; the pawn, the mom, the sister, the son, the game.   It’s all a game of competition or at least it all seems like a gameContinue reading “Inheritance”

“Nature”

“In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it) become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both.” –Pedagogy of the Oppressed  Pedagogy of the Oppressed has been an influential text in my ownContinue reading ““Nature””

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