we rise again...

i just returned from the memorial gathering that has happened for the dying of jack layton... the most conscious-kind-human-loving politician of my lifetime.

and all i can say is...

we rise again.


we rise because it is just right...

we rise together, as we.

we rise for we, for each other, and we rise for the earth.

we rise for each other, for each others well being,and life and death.

we rise together, with each other... because we are all equal, and equally alive. and important.

we rise because we can... because we know it is right to stand up together, for what is right.

i will always rise, i will always stand tall, i will always rise again, and again, and again.

i know what is right. and i believe in it.

so did jack layton...

i pray that those who believe in him, in his doing what is right, for all and everyone...

will rise up.

more firmly, more clearly, and more together.

i hope we let his life and his death remind we, that we are we.

and we are one.

we are one people, we are one earth.

we are one love.

i pray, and i meditate on, and i dream, and i wish...

we rise again.

IN MY roots...

in my roots...

reggae, islands, mama africa, rastafarian TRUTHS...

the strength in growing one's locks...

in expressing beliefs so STRONGLY through ones hair... through ones expression of their body... of the extensions of their body...

i have never been able to do so...

altho i always have felt the core of me BASED in dreadlocked rasta cultures...

the freedom of connection to the ROOTS... to the earth... to faith with what is natural...

to resistence to what is UNnatural... with resistance to NORMS... that are ok sometimes, but oftentimes RESTRICTING to us human beings... from being connected to that which is real... pachamama, the earth.

morgan heritage, a reggae artist i really vibe with... says 'you don't haffi dread to be rasta'... and what that means to me is it doesn't matter whether u have dreadlocks or not... it is the philosophy, and the ACTION of what the intention of rastafarianism is...

and its righteousness, and truth... and respect... for eachother and the earth.

and THAT i believe in.

and its being thankful... and humble... and FULL joying that which we have been given...

the music, the cultures... that are ASSOCIATED with rastafarianism...

they vibe with me inside... in places and ways i cannot even partially express with words... only FEEL them as sensations... in my mind, body and soul. sincerely... and simply.

it is an honour to be welcomed into a culture that is not the same that i physically encapsulate... but do... at the exact same time.

and so i give thanks... and relish in the connection of i n i...

it fulfills my soul, and gives me energy... to recycle, and give back out to others, as they give to me.

i feel it...

in my roots...