By Goddess Mia
*I wrote this a week after the elections at 3am, like the ancestors were guiding my pen. Nervous or not, I had to share it—this piece is raw, real, and filled with purpose. Listen close, especially my Black people near and far. Remember who we are.*
Black people — we have heard this before, but let me say it again...
We are the architects 🏛️.
The builders 🛠️.
The movers, the shakers 🌍.
The trendsetters 💃🏾.
The eye-openers 👁️.
The truth seekers and the truth speakers 📜.
Remember who you are... 🌟
We are the light ☀️
And the dark 🌑
The sun 🌞
And the moon 🌙
We move mountains ⛰️
We shake the Earth 🌍
We walk through chaos 🌪️
And rise through fire 🔥
Remember who you are. 🌟
We are the nurturers 🤲🏾
The caregivers ❤️
We are love 💕
We are grace 🕊️
We are a force that cannot be stopped 🚀
We are the beginning — Mitochondrial Eve 👑
We are the end — Phoenix energy 🔥🕊️
We carry in our blood the blueprint of life 🧬
Our DNA etched with the spark of creation ✨
We are the cosmic womb 🌌
Our energy knows no bounds — it flows beyond time and space ⏳
Beyond galaxies 🌠
Remember who you are... 🌟
This code lives in us 📚
Passed down through generations 🪶
Our history is alive — breathed into the world through our storytelling 🗣️
We hold the key 🔑
We are the keepers of true history 📖
Remember who you are. 🌟
We walk in our purpose 🛤️
Because the lioness 🦁 does not concern herself with ants 🐜
She lifts up ⬆️
She leads 👑
She builds a future 🏗️
And guides the pride to flourish 🌺
The lion 🦁 also does not concern himself with ants 🐜
He watches over his pride — protects its youth 🍼
Stands guard 🛡️ to ensure the pride’s future 🌅
The pride? 🦁
It does not waste its energy on ants 🐜
It protects its own 🛡️
It ensures legacy 🪷
It guards tomorrow 🌞
So as we rest 😌
As we breathe 🌬️
Let us teach our children 👧🏾👦🏾
The lessons of the ancestors 🪶
The wisdom of the elders 🌿
Teach them courage and resilience 💪🏾
Show them what love for our people is ❤️
Show them what our spiritual connection is ✨
Teach them who they are 🌍
And to those who try to erase us 🛑
Try to shrink us
Try to silence us 🤐
Hear this:
You cannot erase what was written in stardust 🌌
You cannot burn what was born of fire 🔥
You cannot break what refuses to bow 🏹
We don’t rise in spite of you —
We rise because genetically we’re BUILT TO 🧬
And it burns you 🔥
No matter how much you try to keep the foot on our necks 👣
The magick in our DNA refuses to let you ✨
You know exactly who we are 👑
We do not breathe to the ignorant 🚫
Do not give ground to the racist 🚫
That plan they have carried for centuries 📜?
It’s tired 😴
It’s crumbling 🏚️
And through it all — from slavery ⛓️ to police brutality 🚔 —
Still, we rise and multiply 🌱
We will not fall ✊🏾
We are LOUDER 📢
STRONGER 💪🏾
And generationally WISER 🦉
So I say these words,
From the lips of the ancestors 🪶
To the ears of my people near and far 🌍:
Remember who we are... 🌟
For the ancestors 🪶
For the elders 🌿
For the babies watching us now 👶🏾 —
Remember.
Who.
We.
Are. ✊🏾✨
