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.
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The man on the horse
And my privileges place me also Amid the mass delusion That sees nothing of itself In that man on the horse.
Can’t take me away from me
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.
Nuclear family can’t contain or constrain fatherly love
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.
Not the white man’s world
You cannot hide forever Behind your ignorance and fear You cannot build a fortress with enough cameras To stop that insecurity you feel
Outside, with my lover
I’d rather stay here.
Caressing the grass.
Teasing the bees.
Swaying with trees.
An Earthling’s Earth Day Prayer
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.
Why they couldn’t love me
He lives in Mexico, the most recent. We saw each other at the airport — close physical reflections of one another. He caught my eye while he was on the phone, as he held the tram door open for me. But it was late and I was tired, so I rushed from the tram to … Continue reading Why they couldn’t love me
Let’s trade. Millennials’ student loan debt for Baby Boomers’ social security
On the same day Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren announced her plan to eliminate student loan debt and make college free, the social security administration released its annual report announcing the high probability that social security will be insolvent by 2035, barring a rare and significant display of problem-solving by Congress. At first blush, these two … Continue reading Let’s trade. Millennials’ student loan debt for Baby Boomers’ social security
Her Heart Belongs to the Land
You can’t have something you can’t imagine, and you can’t imagine something if you don’t believe you belong. My roots are in the land -- my ancestors’ souls rest there. We may not “own” much land, but ownership in this lifetime does not override the yearning and the knowing and the belonging of a soul.
Courtney McKinney 