Multicolored

by Cai Quirk
Ithaca Meeting

they can try to

            erase our stories

            erase our multicolored identities

            erase our very bodies from this earth

but they cannot hide

            the stories the land holds for us

            the rain that returns the knowing to us

            the sun which sparks seeds hidden within us

for we are reflected

            in seasonal cycles of creation and growth

            in every raindrop and color of the rainbow

            in fire’s transformative power

since we

            are natural to this earth

            are made in the image of nature’s wide spectrums

            are intrinsic to humanity’s rebirth and wholeness