Bones of the Rising

Ahhh ahhh,

rise with the river Ohhh ohhh,

roots

in the fire

We come in like dawn through the leaves

Feet on the dust,

we remember

Names of our mothers in rhythm

Hands to the sky,

we are tender

Stone after stone, we are turning

Fear into breath, breath into motion

Here in our bones there is knowing

Here in our blood lives devotion

Hear us, hear us

From the mountain to the sea

Lift us, lift us

We are what the world can be Rise,

sisters, rise Let the earth move through our feet

Rise, sisters,

rise Turn the hurt into the beat

Sing, sisters, sing

Let the old walls shake and fall Dance,

sisters, dance Love is the revolution call River in the chest keeps

flowing Wildflower courage keeps growing We carry the broken and blooming We

make a new way with our moving

Circle of voices unbroken

Moon in the palm of the evening Step after step we are

waking

Nothing can silence this meaning

I am the seed

I am the flame

I am the healer calling my name We are the wave We

are the ground We are the future singing out loud Rise,

sisters, rise Let the earth move through our feet Rise,

sisters, rise Turn the hurt into the beat Sing,

sisters, sing

Let the old walls shake and fall Dance,

sisters,

dance Love is the revolution call Rise,

rise We are here Sing,

sing

Love is here