“Multitude”

There’s the whisper,
then there’s the shout,
(You are the descendant of a multitude)
I am the descendant of a multitude
You are the descendant of a multitude
I am the descendant of a multitude
of course you are
wait
step back
look
take a look at yourself

stop
now hold on stop
that breath
take that breath

see it remember and know it

you remember in the round curve of your nose
that slope in the forehead

you are the descendant of a multitude
I am the descendant of a multitude
see it remember it know it and take that breath

the word, or words, they attempt to put there
I want you to hear like an age old. an age. old. static.

I want you to hear, like an. age. old. static. come over all those voices,
an empty clash of repeated sounds on the same channel the one channel
that’s been playing and then whispering and then turning, and then shouting, and then calling, and
then spreading, and then keeping a steady, solid, groove, whispering, whispering, whispering, and
whispering, whispering, and whispering, whispering, over and over again.

you are
the continuation of so many stories
love stories, epic stories, maritime stories, ingenuity stories,
the descendant of a multitude

of course you are part of a deep rich tapestry of stories
yes depth breath wide variety of stories
all all all all all all kinds of buried stories

feel it and look at yourself
look at your eyes
look at your face
look even deeper and deeper and deeper
of course you are
of course you are
of course you are
of course you are.

the centuries looking, dreaming, hoping, loving, failing, fighting, making, envisioning, building, suffering, driving, courting, hunting, and everything humans do, all of it, including the love, especially
the light, ingenuity, setting out wondering asking seeking the answers

taking a chance
struggling
triumphing

all that light and millennia, the millennia of light in your eyes
you think those brilliant minds accomplishing these things came out of nowhere they came from your ancestors

I am the descendant of a multitude of course I am, of course we are,

when there are rhythms voices and melodies from the past and from the future,
that will have me know, and you know,
remember always and also and most of all you are the descendant of a multitude
stories and all walks and stations of life that

look at your eyes
look at your face
look at your light
look at your hair
and when the rhythm strikes the move of your hips

and feel that full body for a bit
feel it and
look at your eyes
look at your face
look even deeper and deeper and deeper
of course you are
of course you are
of course you are
of course you are.

“Multitude.” a.k.a. “Multitude: You are the Descendant.”
© Tuesday June 3, 2025
Written By Nika Patrice.
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