may you know yourself
in a world of noise & confusion
when voices berate & anglicize
remember your rootedness
with each stomp like toph shake
centuries-old rage off you / begin anew
may you know hydration
remember your cells are made
from the same water that coarses rivers
the same rivers that jade mountains
the same mountains our people tended
& traversed to arrive where we are today
may you know what it feels like
to be loved at your saddest may a friend
catch you hold you close remind you
you are light despite what you’ve been told
the mirror is not broken find your reflection
in their eyes let dovetail embraces soothe cold memories
may you stand taller know the past is a past
you no longer need to hold onto
when damaged devil comes clawing
enact your boundary shield yourself with gravity
-defying waterfalls wind up & around you
know you have it within you to do this
may you know who & where & how you are
is more than enough is magic is everything.
may you know anger / the violence enacted
on your bod is not one we need to downplay
or pretend is not there to survive
interpersonal slashes & transgressions
actions warrant reactions you need
not sit still & smile through pain / even
when it is not safe to express your rage
feel it / when are you are alone
in the presence of ancestors shake
your arms then legs your hips then
your whole bod give yourself permission
to tantrum / there is nothing more ancient
than anger released nothing more freeing than anger
released how else do you think we have survived all these years?
& when the feelings subside as feelings come & go
let the exhales of your breath meld with mist
bring yourself back to a you | you have been forced
to forget light incense call in forces beyond
forget what you don’t have wipe the shelf corners
clean grime off porcelain cups / it’s time
to return to who you thought you could never be
i ask you through this song stay here with me.
Dandelion Speaks 
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