The words of my people are in me
though I don’t know how
to say them fluidly
just yet
my mind tries to formulate a plan
to capture them
it hasn’t worked
and maybe it’s not a thing to be caught
maybe it’s a feeling
an embodied being
an integrated self
trusting instead of trying
being instead of reaching
the words of my Ancestors
get caught in my throat
fear of sounding foolish
fear of not being understood
I haven’t found the words yet
maybe I’ll give up searching
and let them find me instead
JGT
Video taken on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Territory,
May 2021
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