Birth chant

I was born with a black star
Suspended above my head
And imprinted on my heart

I was born with an eagle
Engraved on my skin
And embossed on my mind

I was born beyond race
I was born without nationality
I was born in beauty
I was born into colonial madness

I was born into a life
Tainted by a past we refuse to let go
And a future we are unable to see

I was born into duality
My wings carry the stripes of a zebra
The feathers flapping into the eternal wind of forever

I was born into an ideal
I was born into here & now
I was born
And now I live