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They rise With inevitability of desert flowers From soil your toxins choked. Their resilience will be your downfall Watch as they hand you your rope.
And my privileges place me also Amid the mass delusion That sees nothing of itself In that man on the horse.
I belong to no one but myself. I come from strong lines and hard truths but at the end of the day, my spirit is new, it is my own, and it's my responsibility to cultivate. It's why I felt justified to seek out a man who created me anonymously. It’s why I say unequivocally that the California Cryobank and American legal system are wrong to posit that I have no right to the paternal part of my lineage and that it's fine to continue separating people from their ancestors for profit. It’s how I give myself permission to listen to the ancestors who pull me toward them. It’s how I know that since the beginning, great-grandma Marie danced with me.
If we shatter the lie that fathers exist only within the structure of nuclear family — if we decolonize family, we open possibilities for responsibility, care, resources, and love. People benefit when community encourages men to father as a verb, rather than restricting it to a noun. There, fathers abound.
You cannot hide forever Behind your ignorance and fear You cannot build a fortress with enough cameras To stop that insecurity you feel
I’d rather stay here.
Caressing the grass.
Teasing the bees.
Swaying with trees.
Who are we if not Earthlings? I don't want Mars. I don't want ever-present WiFi. I want Earth to remain untamed, out of our control. We’ve proven ourselves unworthy stewards for now -- we don’t get to expand this unsustainable domain.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but I hope Earth always checks us before we change her for good. Like a loving but stern mother, it is my belief she will.
Courtney McKinney 