<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Catherine Walther</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:catherine.walther@gmail.com">catherine.walther@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 1:28 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: [Ruah] Summons by Aurora Levins Morales<br>To: Taproot Group <<a href="mailto:taprootcan@googlegroups.com">taprootcan@googlegroups.com</a>>, CNWE group <<a href="mailto:CNWE@googlegroups.com">CNWE@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto">This touched my heart. đŸ˜¥Catherine</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Barbara Center </strong><br>Date: Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 12:01 PM<br>Subject: [Ruah] Summons by Aurora Levins Morales<br>To: Ruah<br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><br><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><font size="4"><b>Summons</b></font><br><div><br><i>By Aurora Levins Morales</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><br>Last night I dreamed<br>ten thousand grandmothers from the twelve hundred corners of the earth<br>walked out into the gap<br>one breath deep<br>between the bullet and the flesh between the bomb and the family.</div><div> <br>They told me we cannot wait for governments.<br>There are no peacekeepers boarding planes.<br>There are no leaders who dare to say every life is precious, so it will have to be us.<br>They said we will cup our hands around each heart.</div><div><br>We will sing the earth’s song, the song of water,<br>a song so beautiful that vengeance will turn to weeping,<br>the mourners will embrace, and grief replace<br>every impulse toward harm.<br><br>Ten thousand is not enough, they said, </div><div>so, we have sent this dream, like a flock of doves<br>into the sleep of the world. Wake up. Put on your shoes.</div><div><br>You who are reading this, I am bringing bandages<br>and a bag of scented guavas from my trees. I think<br>I remember the tune. Meet me at the corner.<br>Let’s go.<br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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