Who taught us to be too scared to share.
Why is this a battle so deeply in-bedded in us all.
I have all these thoughts
and words that I know need to be shared
a voice that needs to be heard.
This phoenix has burst into her inferno of flames
and she is rising like the sun from these smokey ashes.
We as a whole have choked each other out
smudged every piece of our own existence
burnt ourselves down
It is time to rise.
Rise with me now
leave these suffocating ashes behind.
Breathe in new air
feel the earths shifting shift within you.
It is time feel the pain our mother has endured.
Sing with her and heal with her.
Lay your hands upon her shoulders become one.
We are all connected
we are all in this together.

-J. Klaas