As the depression approaches
we dance that rhythmic dance which, undulates
we dance in
time
we dancein
we existin
the oceans of residence time
Are we not the Rain drops that continue to sustain you
long after you have thrown us overboard
into the wake of
past and present
vast oceans and seas
the abyss
Yet we rise
we rise
Nimbus
We existin
we dancin
the oceans of residence time
that time is now
we are the now
the present
perfected
We are the visible invisible
we hang
on your breath
we hang
on your word
sophistry
you interrupt
disturb
contort
us
Yet
we rise
we rise
you deny us
justice
just is
just us
rights
we are the unseen seen
travellers who sojourn on the wind
the rain
the wake
We seek you out
Human waves across oceans and seas
We seek the lee
Departure
we dancin
we existin
the eye of storms
who serve as a reminder of
treachery
abandonment
theft
settlement
possession
capital
we see you
we feel you on the wind
we wash you with ourselves
we the incessant
rein over you
we disturb you
we interrupt you
you cry contemporary cries
for the loss of
lost
You assign us names
your names
labels
Gilbert
Katrina
Franklin
have no meaning
in the hope that we will pass and leave you unscathed
cower and seek solace in your names
not ours
just as before
Your defences cannot contain us
for we are free
free to be
free to exist in the now
We are here
because you were
there
We dancin
we existin
we movin
we bein
ubiquitous
omnipresent
We rise
The eternal rise
Landfall
Slavery is an ecological disaster
a disaster that falls upon the earth
Artwork by RJDownes