Rise

Up!

It's time to rise and shine....

Brothar and sistar,
Remember who you are___

From quasars of 100,000 moons,
Ascend to your rightful place with sweet whispers from Ogun and Oshun.

Radiating lights of strength and love,
Pulsating through the firmament, both low and above 

Shining and glowing with love
Flying and gliding like a dove

Yemaya___ lighting up across vast oceans and seas
Rising high and setting a salient sail away from the doldrums that society breeds

Though the veils of animosity and the curtains of vitriol may come to conceal your light, you must and will shine. Your luminescence will carry the fight.

So,

Sistar and brothar,
It's time to rise and shine...

Remember who you are and whose you are.

Up! 

Radiating pulsars; now is the time.
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