who must I become?

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as you gather as you eat feel the tension under your feet

while the sun still rises and the rivers still flow nurture the aches that rumble below

the cost of our comfort the blood on our hands oil and plastics, gods and fans

genocide and war mining and plunder

more than one needs false glory and thunder

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will I let my heart break? down to the bone humble and open, exposed and alone

nights in the desert parched and afraid I call out to love before it all fades

sparks in your eye compassion in my belly the sound of connection a precious melody

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who must I become? without towers and certainty

who must I become? beyond us vs them

who must I become? great trees and big seas

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who must I become?

grief calls our full name healing reaches for our hand injustice cracks the Earth a life altering demand

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written on November, 22 2023