FUTURE ANCIENT

By Janel Cloyd

Decolonize your thinking
Become still long enough so
the Ancestors can speak to you
We are their representatives here in this place
Joy is our birthright

Open the palms of your hands
Stretch your arms wide
Feel the Ancestral embrace
The circle is unbroken
There is so much work to be done
We are the work

While we were in heaven
We dreamed of a life
Gave birth to ourselves
To deliver us from evil

Now is the time
To be the architect of our own becoming
It begins with us
It ends with us
We are future ancient
Ancestors in the making