Peculiar Warriors
September 13, 2019Peculiar Warriors
Athena’s owl points east,
She knows what’s wise.
Now listen to her science.
advise your blind side.
We ride the wind
Like Lady Trieu.
We don taintless footprints–
Wings, paws, cycles, shoes.
We are the atypical
And magical too.
I am Greta Thunberg.
Can you hear what I say?
Protect the world we breathe.
Take action; be brave.
We fight a noble cause,
And our differences a gift.
The winged wolf is crying
north,
Artic thawing is too swift.
No point going to school.
Emissions must reach zero.
We are modern Joan of Arcs
Our dissidence–your heroes.
I am Greta Thunberg
look past my braids.
See the climate crisis.
Take action; feel rage.
The lonely unicorn nudges;
She can’t do all the healing.
We need cathedral thinking,
unknowing how to build the
ceiling.
When you politic and do not
listen,
You deny us rightful water,
fertile land.
Like Lozen and the Apache
people
ousted from their Black
Mountain.
I am Greta Thunberg
Can you hear what I say?
This is an emergency
Be rebellious and untamed.
The jackalope remains demure
yet his antlers weigh him down.
Cultivate unshaken magic
Rosa Parks, Anne Frank,
unbound.
The damage deserves attention.
Our rebellion wants to lead
Tackling greenhouse gases–
Bleaching coral, rising
seas.
I am Greta Thunberg
Can you hear us when we speak?
Stop following the crowd
Take a stand. Be unique.
Heidrun gives us drink
But the rivers will run dry.
Suffocate your consumer self;
Stop draining the supply.
We are fighting for the mother.
We are standing for the she.
Emma Gonzalez, Malala Yousafzai
Alice Walker, & AOC.
I am Greta Thunberg
A peculiar warrior
they say.
But I foresee the fragile
future.
Can you hear me? What I say?
I am beginning to wonder.
Because you knew it yesterday.
Stand up, rebel, take action.
Be Brave.
Stand up, rebel, take action.
Feel rage.
Fight untamed.
Be unique.
Stand with me–
Disobey.
Be a unicorn among the sheep.
Take a knee–
a voice offbeat.
A fearless voice
Of reason.
Of dissension–
creative thinking.
Hear what we say.
Be atypical.
Be magical.
Stand up today.