my debut album. my book of prayers.
gathering my medicine bundle
hope and fury face palm to palm
if this collection of songs reaches you
i pray it fuels you on your path in this revolution
pieces of who i am
longing, dreaming, scraping, knowing
Indigenous - acts of revolution in simply being
i have always been all that i am
i have always held this wisdom
that wakes me too early and keeps me up too late
there is much to reMatriate
chronically ill and disabled warrior sh*t
softie / baddie
hungry for revolution
sparked in pillow talk and back caresses
kept alive in meal preps and craft dates
to be Native and Queer
Two Spirit and Mahu
ever bridging identity, space, time, and service
i offer my gifts of music and dance
of truth-telling and dream-scheming
because i was not born to this lineage
to see pieces of who we are
stolen
by the same cycles of cultural genocide
Lheidli - Kanaka - Irish - Chinese
alchemize to make me
raised by Mom
gifted purpose in my namesake
Indigenous Identity and Music for Revolution
i gather these pieces of who i am
in the face of the ones who try to erase us
shedding and armouring
i am KeAloha
