and do not call this land
America
if you listen hard she will
tell you her true name
As the nighthawks dive at
twilight
as the wolves howl at
moonlight
as the waterfalls rage
cascading
when the avalanches
fracture breaking
she WILL tell us her true
name with earthquakes
that split states and
break fences to
remind us she does not
belong to us.
but that we belong to
her.
Lyla June Johnston