the air is brittle on a cold february morning
as the world shifts from power to inclusion (to love?)
decades of top down authoritarian rule
all over the planet are shifting, slowly (but suddenly)

from a desire to take destiny into one’s own hands
people are standing up and linking arms
and there are many, many hands
that have been tied, for so very very long

what is on the surface inclusionary,
non-sectarian and apolitical
has the power to overcome
the meddling of those who wield force

i sit and watch, waiting, wondering, awed
by a tsunami of hope and empowerment
wondering when the power balance
of inequality will reach it’s tipping point

the timing of this comes as no surprise
as we enter into a final phase
of the mayan calendar,
the universal underworld

historically political vacuums get easily filled
by opportunistic, fanatical or despotic players
though i cannot see that playing out this time
as the status quo has been under too much pressure lately

the shine has been coming off the facade
as a more centred and personal energetic
has been awakening in all people everywhere
whether they have been aware of it or not

let us hope that the moment of love for
not power over, is given a moment
to shine in the sun for people everywhere
who’s blinders are slowly coming off

all power to the people
all people are power
all love is inclusion
blessed be

*Spoken by The Bar-Kays saxophonist,  Harvey “Joe” Henderson, at Wattstax, August 20, 1972,

* Sampled by Public Enemy in, Show ‘Em Whatcha Got