Wild for Life
Inspired by Audre Lorde’s “Afterimages,” where she writes about the powerful memory of water and the evolution of the dragonfish, last week we wrote together to support each other in our perpetual and intentional evolution. The world we are witnessing is changing us and everything is at stake in what that change makes possible. Here is our group poem. I highly recommend reading it outloud. And if you missed the workshop and want to participate, the recording is here.
wild for life[1]
by the participants in “etched: audre lorde and witnessing the present”
wild for water
wild for grace
wild for radical love
wild for flowers
wild for love
wild for freedom
wild for love
wild for real and true
wilife-affirming connections
wild for dirty hands
wild for art
wild for breath
wild for sound
wild for love
wild for love
wild for art
wild for mud
wild for amethysts
wild for dreaming together
wild for connection
wild for affirming compassionate care
wild for accompanying as we gasp
wild for butterflies of compassion
wild for flowers
wild for the bright green eyes of a black cat
wild for peace
wild for change
wild for knowledge and knowing (connection)
wild for deep down shake the heavens laughter
wild for beauty
wild for belonging
wild for jasmine
wild for laughter
wild for change
wild for clouds
wild for sunshine
wild for acceptance
wild for butterflies
wild for authentic connections
wild for rain
wild for being “off duty” all the time
wild for your huge hearts
wild for the wild
wild forever
wild for life giving support
wild for softness
wild for orcas
wild for moon
wild for not knowing
wild for unexpected kindness
wild for rest
wild for hullabaloo
wild for flickering stars of fierce energy
wild for ice cream
wild for love for love!
wild for raindrops on my face
wild for serenity
wild for mammals…land and sea
wild for rewilding
wild for ancestral love
wild for starlight
wild for hot sticky sex
wild for flowing free rivers
wild for saying no
wild for growing antennas
wild for sarama
wild for the sacred
wild for the earth
wild for each other
wild for dark sky
wild for high-vibration foods
wild for all y’all
wild for roots
wild for herbal teas
wild for permission to just be
wild for deep forest
wild for holy basil
wild for deep waters
wild for shallow waters
wild for full stomachs and sleep full of ease
wild for drums
wild for heart beats
wild for swaying willows
wild for whispers beyond words surrounding us with ancestral wisdom
wild for watermelon
wild for books that touch our souls
wild for home
wild for love
wild for joy
wild for lullabies
wild for co-creation
wild for pressure in the right places
wild for food to Gaza
wild for rainbows and magic
wild for trees that keep swaying
wild for love
wild for love
wild for life
[1] From “Afterimages” by Audre Lorde