Memories and molecules
intermingle magically.
They are all here, present,
in your body.
Little bits of the four leggeds
and the winged ones
and the creeping and flitting ones
and the rooted ones
who have been here where you are
for ten thousand years
are still here, in your body.
The bodies lynched, crucified,
burned at stakes and starved
in prison cells are in your cells.
Enslaved bodies, whiplashed,
still erect, are in you.
The flesh of those who marched for freedom,
the strength of those who stood,
the breath of those who sang,
still live in you.
Don’t despair of your own strength.
The whole earth is alive in you.
When they hear your voice
they all stand up.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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