June 6, 2015
this was a day
where all kinds of people
came together
kin
related by music
this was a day of reckoning
that beckoned our hearts to fill
a day
when skilled and intuitive elders
voiced the feet of the young into
joyful dance
a day
when young cats synced familiar songs into neo-hip uncharted
waters of sound
a day
when old met young met free met positive met the glorious
radiance of
possibility
this
was a day of reckoning
that had nothing to do with the end of the world
or the latest shitty lie disguised as news
manufactured by thugs
to be repeated endlessly over superficial TV channels
created to frighten you
into isolation
and despair
this day had nothing to do with 21st century
depressive tactics of social control
this day
beckoned our hearts to fill
to rejoice, live and in person
to touch one another
alongside our river
here in our sweet little towns
held by the sun and the moon and the stars
our Mother’s patient harp thrummed with ease
--Monique Avakian
(inspired
by the first annual RiverArts Music Tour)
