Spell to Tumble the Tower of Patriarchy
by Beth Weaver-Kreider

Say: We take back our agency
Say: The daughters will be avenged
Say: The predators have become prey
Say: We predate the predators
and we will rise again
Say: We stand with the ancestors,
the women who died on your fires
the women who drowned in your waters
the women you thought you had buried
deep in the mouth of the Earth
the same Earth who loves us
the Earth who holds the dead dearly
the women you set swinging in air

Say: Our mouths are filling with fire
and we will burn it down
Say: The water within us is rising
and we will flood and we will flood
and we will flood
Say: We are a tremor, we are an earthquake,
and we will shake down the tower
of power and domination

Say:
We will blow and blow and blow
We are hurricane
We are tornado
We are the wind that they call
“The Witches are Passing”

Say: The rosy fingers of Dawn
rise above the new horizon
Say: The ancient Goddess is returning
Say: The new story is beginning

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Gratitude List:
1. russet ocher burnt sienna yellow gold orange chestnut walnut
2. How sunlight in autumn opens a door to another world
3. When the poem just comes
4. ReGenAll’s Climate Summit today, knowing that people are doing the good work
5. Finding time to write
May we walk in Beauty!