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Zi Savage (Ngozi Okachi) shared a letter in the Race and Diversity group 2 weeks, 4 days ago
When You Are Ready
There is no resolution without first a solution
An awakening, a calling from whence we first knew itTo clear the path before us
From war and destruction and all those who grew itLet them hear you now
For I am the poet who stands tall
Arm and Arm with the ancestors, sisters, brothers, enbys
I love them allYou cannot take out OUR pride and OUR joy
Your hands are bloody and they constantly toy
With the hate of many, it plagues us all& We sleep with one eye open now
But the sun will rise againBecause we see you
And we feel you from when you were smallThis life you’ve chose was NOT the one you called
Just a mere thorn in your knee that made you fall
From GODs own eyes
Turned to dirty spiesBut we are here to help you
Lift you from your broken path
To wipe away your years of endless wrath
That the child inside you has had to carryAlone and tired and just barely…
Able to breathe a breath of newness
Filled with flowers of love
And their sweet dewnessIt is safe to be now
In a place of familyWe reach our hands out
Our hearts out
When you are finally ready…to be as one
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This is a beautiful and empowering piece. Thank you for sharing. I included it in today’s newsletter.
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