Dear Future Friend

 Dear Future Friend

The rush,

Intensity,

The everything.

My mind is not broken

I am not broken

I am made of different things

Full of portals to other worlds.

Of course we are “too much”

Our bundles packed so full

Our cases and bodies and hearts burst.

It was you who taught us shame

You who alienated us

Body from mind,

From emotions

From spirit

From our birthrights of  hope and care and abundance

You want roads

Where we want mazes and a grain of sand

And infinite expanses.

We gather sunsets that haunt us forever.

That color blue that means more to me than money.

We are not broken.

Lies!

We are not to be feared.

Lies!

We will not destroy if we are freed.

Lies!

We will not destroy

Those who lack justice

Those who need care

Those who we recognize as family.

This last part is for you dear future friend.

We don’t know each other yet,

But the shadows of those days to come

Cast back

I see our direction,

They don’t know the beauty of all the in-betweens

And patterns that set your mind alight.

We see you

We know some mountains

Where you can store your gifts

-Ready when needed-

Deep water who can hold all and does not judge

Green things to grow around you like armor

Then you need to root your feet

Walk across our lands

A giant

The great rivers your shower,

Prairie grasses your bed

Feast with Nanabush

Play dice with the west wind.

LET GO

YOU ARE NOT A MONSTER

You are a remembrance

You are not broken

But so vast

We can’t make sense with our human bodies.

Pehiw – Awakening 2022