Jul 22, 2019
To the heights of Mauna Kea
To the barrios of Viejo San Juan
To the streets of Admiralty and all over Hong Kong
While my body is so far
My heart is so close
To you
I feel the earth beneath my feet
The land that joins us dear
I feel the summer rain upon my skin
The water from the same deep sea
I feel the warmth of the winds
The air from your lungs
To you
Aloha hola lei hou
You who were
Taken and raped and robbed
By haoles, gringos, and gwai lous
You tempest-tossed and
Yearning to breathe
Free
The land who is our mother
Opens her mouth to receive
Abel's blood, it cries out
The water that gives life mixes
With the blood and the tears
From the gas, the bullets
The sky above our spirits
Fills with smoke and fear
And the flames of resistance
With the ancestors
The stones that have been here
Before will be here after
All of the children
Send them back
Send them back to where
Taken and raped and robbed
By haoles, gringos, and gwai lous
You tempest-tossed and
Yearning to breathe
Free
The land who is our mother
Opens her mouth to receive
Abel's blood, it cries out
The water that gives life mixes
With the blood and the tears
From the gas, the bullets
The sky above our spirits
Fills with smoke and fear
And the flames of resistance
With the ancestors
The stones that have been here
Before will be here after
All of the children
Send them back
Send them back to where
They came
From
Exorcise the demons
Red, White, and Blue
Let them quake
As the earth stands firm
Make them stampede into the sea
The voice of the dispossessed
Breaking loose all chains
My name is Legion
For we are many
Tian An Wong is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Smith College and a native Malaysian.
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