Remember

          Remember the sky that you were born under,

          know each of the star’s stories.

          Remember the moon, know who she is.

          Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the

          strongest point of time. Remember sundown

          and the giving away to night.

          Remember your birth, how your mother struggled

          to give you form and breath. You are evidence of

          her life, and her mother’s, and hers.

          Remember your father. He is your life, also.

          Remember the earth whose skin you are:

          red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth

          brown earth, we are earth.

          Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their

          tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,

          listen to them. They are alive poems.

          Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the

          origin of this universe.

          Remember you are all people and all people

          are you.

          Remember you are this universe and this

          universe is you.

          Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.

          Remember language comes from this.

          Remember the dance language is, that life is.

          Remember.