She Celebrates Her Heritage
From the heart of the earth
The beat begins
Soft
Rhythm
In time with life
Out of the dust the beat emerges
As each crack appears in the earth
The precious essence escapes
Catching breath and permeating the air
Every breath is different
Every beat still in time
Bouncing off new surroundings
Creating harmony from what it finds
As the earth moves and dances
As life becomes infused with the rhythm
Unable to escape the rapture
As each beat catches on the rainbow of diversity
It changes to keep in time and dance with the beauty of life
Each beat born to the universe
Celebrating with its surroundings
Soil, sand
Trees, seas
It tries to teach all it knows through its dance
When the beat enters your heart
It takes on your rhythm
In tune with your home
Your birthright
Your ancestors
Your traditions
Your Culture
Each infused with the energy of the earth and all it holds
Diversity
Wisdom
Truth
Eternal
Each beat is different
Each beat holds the knowledge
Each beat pleasures those dancing
Each beat takes its place in history
Colorful, creative
Filling a gap in the rhythm of the souls walking earth
Each reason known
Each powerful
Each precious
Each solid
Each the foundation of life
Each a masterpiece of the unity of community
Celebrating heritage
What were the elders teaching me?
What were they giving me?
What were they trying to say?
Our ancestors pass down through their stories
It was precious
It was scary
It was Celebration
It was The way
Now we are mixing the beat of devotion
Now we are celebrating moments in time
We must never forget that the heart that is beating
Was theirs long before us, and now yours and mine
Unique in their heritage
Proud of tradition
They did their best to leave all this to us
Curious, diverse
We learn from ancestors
No matter their color
No matter their line
Remember each ritual
Remember each elder
Rejoice in the way that they would want you to
Heritage and culture are yours through your birthright
Colorful lessons, celebrate life
Individually beautiful
Uniquely precious
All from the heart of the earth
All one
We must teach the children
The beauty we all bring
We must teach the children
What the past came to be
For the beat of the earth
Is dancing within us
Celebrating life, eternally
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