She started a band
that raised a prayer
that started a chant
a jig, an aire
a movement began
a challenge a fight
which moved like dance
of grace and of light
the community that rose
from the ground to the sky
was full of love
with grit in their eyes
a better day would come
they knew it to be true
because they were the ones
who would see it through.
She started a band
and that's the point.
