Homage to Meridel LeSueur
On the Anniversary of Her Death: 11/13/96
You held my hand
As no one ever has before or since;
Looking in my eyes
With your piercing gaze
You named me
Persephone.
You stepped out of the darkness today
To rally your daughters;
My heart is blessed with tears
To be amongst them.
How did I find you then
And how did I find you again today
On the anniversary of your death?
How did I know?
It was you,
O my ancestor,
O Woman of Valor,
You called me again.
I am humbled, humbled,
On my knees,
Head to the ground.
I am humbled.
Is it because today marks the end of hope
And the beginning of truth?
Is it because today the call of the groundswell
Echoes through the skies?
Is it because you know what it means to be silenced
And to reclaim your voice,
And so you rally your daughters now
So that we can reclaim our voices of truth
And sing lullabies to our trillions upon trillions of children,
All the children who have ever lived and died,
All the children of all times.
O my beloved mother
You come forward today
To hold me fast to my path.
You are the Healer Warrior
You are the Writer Activist
You are the Mother Leader
You are the the one who was silenced
And reclaimed her voice.
O my beloved mother
You come forward today
To hold me fast to my path.