SECESSION

Their genocidal war is declared-we declare our succession And suffer reprisals, proscription, arrests Like our brothers and sisters in cell blocks, shopfloors, in cages We're marked for death We break from their mazes They starve out escapees, gut our hearts, cut our ties We sow seeds and bear fruit They clearcut ad uproot We survive We thrive Bridges are for burning, as tables are for turning And nothing they offer could ever ease this yearning Better wounds than regrets, better doomed than suppressed But we're not doomed just yet We are sparks in the night In this empire of ice We set fires in the streets and the hearts of their young They destroy and devour But we'll heal all the damage they've done And when we shatter their silence We'll dance in the shackles and sing through the trial They are banking on death But we'll outlive them yet Though they've bulldozed our heartlands And brainwashed our families And poisoned our passions And smothered all hope from our souls We survive