Happy Birthday Darrah
Darrah burns
to do more be more make more heal more
she smashes expectations
splinters them to shards
she shapeshifts
recreates herself her place our world
eagle finds her
and she laughs with him
no matter how cruel the world
how harsh the day
she keeps offering
words earth seeds sweetgrass smoke
sometimes spirits stalk her
and she doesn’t say no
no she says yes and yes and yes
and we tremble at her pain
we humbly tremble at her power
today we honor all that unfolded
all the souls that gave her breath
all the days that amassed
to yield the gift of her birth
