tending sheep
blue soldiers
burning     capturing
me and my sister   alone
walking to tseyi
thirsty   hungry
arrival and adoption
secure yet wondering
where is my family
more blue soldiers
hiding in canyon wall
cousin shoots an arrow
surrender
walking   endless walking
hard bread   beef
sleep in snow
finally  The Place of Soldiers
lean-to for a home
flaarhh to eat
how to cook it
sickness   need corn
on the move again
many die walking
one is killed
cross the river
leave the land of the Diné
Fort Sumner
cleaning   cooking   wondering
asking about my parents
reunification

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why did you name me?
i am not you
or even a part of you
we, together, are the whole

what causes you doesn't cause me
we need different names

the name for you can't be me
nor can it be the whole
you are not the whole
we are

fem and man
Sapiens
distinct, yet of the same class
neither taking over
simply existing
side-by-side

Man and Fem
Fem and Man

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goofy people - silly names
they know nothing about me
we sing. we play. we laugh.
i become alive
i'm free to be me - whoever that is
there's a pulse - it becomes mine
trees. birds. water. nature.      hook me

i surrender myself
am shown who i am
it's in my cells
i am me     whom God created
100% - everywhere - always
the pulse is wherever i go

To The Tanks!

To The Tanks!

     they're helping terrorists!
        giving 'em money. weapons. training.
        ignoring 'em practice killing

     they've got nukes!
        pointed everywhere
        refuse to disarm

     human rights violations!
        executing innocents
        millions in streets starving
        ethnic minorities get nothing
            no jobs
            no housing
            no education

To The Tanks!
     this must be stopped!
     launch the attack on Washington!

To The Tanks!

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here i sit - under a tree, next to a stream
i dangle my toes in the passing water - it flows on - to
the next parcel - around the meadow - into a river - through
the forest - into the lake - evaporates - into a cloud - it
falls as rain thousands of miles away - i am there

the wind tousles your hair and blows through a nearby town -
it continues - over the mountain - across the desert - through
the valley - to tousle the hair of another - you are there

i rain on you
you blow through me
we are one

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