I was there.

Power to the Peaceful
Golden Gate Park
September 8, 2007
Indigo Girls & Michael Franti & Amy Goodman

...um yes.
so fun
enlivening
hippie-fied
all prototypical bay area elements in one place, mixing like potion
swirling like a whirlpool in the ocean
of g*d
re-minding us of the power of doin what you love
and lovin what you do, like music and dancin in daylight
and moonshine and feelin fine
even though the wars wage and famines plague
because celebration is part of liberation
and showing up in solidarity is fighting the good fight.

i was there, in the grass, on the field
with my peeps through the san francisco streets
hoping to lose my desperation and sense of separation
hoping to see purposes of passion put us in positions
of resistance and assistance.
i was there in 2007
like my mom was there in 1969 because the love of justice
runs through ancestral lines
and won't die so long as try
to keep it alive.