The Scream
she drew in the deepest breath she could muster
filling her lungs with the elements of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases that have circulated the solar system for eons
she opened her throat and mouth as wide as the universe
and screamed with voracity to shake mountains and loosen things once blocked
this scream contained the exclamations of the past and future
guiding her to wash her pallet clear of sour and bitter and seemed to last lifetimes
reverberating across the land and through the earth creating avalanches of emotion and memory
to crumble the systems of oppression and bring back voices of the silenced
tears streamed down her face to join the waters of the creaks, rivers, lakes and oceans
tumbling along the way across pebbles, sand, and rocks
salt returning to salt
as her scream came to an end with all air being expressed from her diaphragm in a hush
everything took a pause and no sound was heard
peace
then a collective inhale of cleansing and healing
where life could start anew
and the birds could commence their jubilant song


WOW - you are off to an incredible start. This is wonderful.
So very potent.