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A Song For Lady Sovereignty Ii

now here i stand, the stage is set
the wave is coming on
to walk sincerely, determined
always learning
to think our own thoughts for us
gently, gently, gently
won't you come into this dream?
a simple balance of simple ingredients
and it will stick if you just let it
i know of your disease
your pouts are heard long throughout these halls
of darkness of hurt feelings of forgetting
 
but i am here to offer a solution
there has been lousy odds
for far too long, i know
and whatever happens we will row forward
we will come together
to catch her
retrieve her, store her
and bring her up into our consciousness
and give her back to us
sacred, holy, balanced cascades of sovereignty
where barriers are made of wild roses
that we stop and rest beside
only to rise and continue
in a way that will make our children happy
no longer will the bad times keep us prisoner
no longer will the bad times be our slow and silent killer
with long, stringy, poisonous tangles
that have been choking us from the inside out
 
will you join me? do not ignore me!
we are running out of daylight
and you will miss me when i go
if you want tomorrow to be the place
where red river women are free to freely be
where evenings feel like they belong again
where unhealthy silence is broken
and good words are spoken
and she is felt and heard around the world
then allow yourself to take control
to sing, to dance, to cry, to pray
with lady sovereignty

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