be ye not shoulder-shrug about healing shine you carry
like emergency peppermint in your ancestor’s purse
say yes
to the bubbling
inside your rest
the reimagined beat
of a new day
say yes
to saying no
to things that
sour your sweetest exhales
be ye not discouraged by dented parts of you
bending for love & balance in a world off centered
& dizzied by stars & stripes of greed & gluttony
hate & narcissism disrespect & disregard
the absurdity of a place that deems you gold spectacle
yet wretches your face
terrified of the way you raise vibrations
across every impending doom. be steadfast dear angel
stay with us. the crepuscular of your soul—gallantly
teeming the source of your being a cosmic quilt
never too worn out to drape us with opulent legacy
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