RED FUTURE (OUTRO)

[Tia Wood]
She delegates her helpers
And looks the colonizers in the eye
“Who are you to say where I come from”
Leandering sisters walk together
Carrying their unborn children’s prayers
Once great nations sanctioned her rhythms
That led to congregated freedoms
Speaking the spirit language

Connection to the earth
To the stars
To the waters
She’s protection

She gathers
Collecting broken hearts and says
“We are the people
We are the nations
That will bring nourishment
And aspiration
Feed them with our spirits
Conquer them with our teachings
Hold them with our hearts
With kindness’s unleashings”

She breathes in the words
Blood and tears of her ancestors
And gains her second wind
And says

“This is not your lullaby
We are the people
We are the nations
This is our song
And not your infatuation”

She devours their greed and permits their heed
And for a moment she sees
She is freed

She gathers
Collecting broken hearts and says
“We are the people
We are the nations
That will bring nourishment
And aspiration
Feed them with our spirits
Conquer them with our teachings
And hold them with our hears
With kindness’s unleashings”

Red future
Red future
Red future