As someone of Palestinian descent my teita used to always ululate, the sound she would make would be so immensely loud and booming. It reminded me of the First Nations chants; which still move me to tears every time I hear them. The first time that I heard the consistent drum beat from First Nations ceremonies I wanted more. The sound would absorb into my entire being -- I stand motionless to ensure that I miss nothing. It is how I feel when I listen to Uuliniq Susan Aglukark when O Siem was first released in 1995. The impact of that song pursues a message of love and unity. Something that the First Nations of Canada were truly not afforded. The lyrics adhere to my frontal lobe "O Siem we are all family..."I remember, how thrilled I was to be an audience member at the Juno's that year to watch Susan win for: Best New Solo Artist and Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording. Even as I write this, I still feel the goosebumps radiate throughout my body.
It makes me wonder why this ideology has not been adopted and fostered by the greater society. We house the proclivity between us to rise to be there as an ally for a desperately underserved body of people, who reside all across Canada some of which are under water boiling advisories. In fact currently there are "54 long-term advisories in effect as of March 31, 2021 (Government of Canada, 2021)" Our earth is one large dysfunctional family however, no one sees that. All they see are how individuals do things differently and fear it. In 2021 the time for unity should prevail.
There is a kind of anger the surrounds the globe!
For how many millennia
has the planet been engulfed
in flames?
The level of inequity
is deplorable --
why fight?
Why fight it at all?
injustice occurs everywhere
at the hands of greed and inequality
gender and race bias takes over
a manipulation tactic
that should never
exist --
to never come to fruition!
-- when did society
simply surrender to its authority?
Did it always?
In secondary school
plenty of poems were written
with regards to immense
dominion
over civilisation
I do not subscribe
to the one size fits all perspective
there is purpose
Human beings should not be classified
as garden variety cookie cutters!
Is that what people want?
To be normal? To blend
the shades of diluted hues?
If strength is not maintained
in anything saturated --
inconsistencies
will spread
through the bowels
of humanity
The choices are numerous
however, the only one for me
stands with those
who feel compelled
to go to war
for a simple
yet valuable concept
FREEDOM!
Ending long-term drinking water advisories. (2021, March 31). Government of Canada. https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1506514143353/1533317130660