Declaration

I am here in solidarity with the earth Where mothers die And babies cry And forest burns Longing for the affection of birth I am to tell power I am the invincible truth I am no visitor In this place, in this world The great legislator Say it is my right To belong in the full dignity Of a valued humanity We are the legacy of the world Love brings no flowers here So when I ask you To give me your hand Do not fawn at this marriage For battle For change is inevitable But regrettable In what makes a man less Than a man is supposed to be. I am here to write Nothing personal Just the condemnation of a cruel History I want to tear it up Like paper And make bonfires Of old And rising empires.