Dear Water Protectors,

May the world inherent your fire.

May it burn in all of us.

May your flames warm the souls of the oppressed.

May the seed you planted in our hearts grow to be strong like the Oak..

Like the spiked Piñon of the Mapuche fighting a world away,..

Like the trees of all the nations, peoples, souls who resist evil...

May their roots sink deep into our souls.

May they never be shaken.

May the water stay clear and clean, so children drink from the crisp springs as our ancestors before us.

Water of a thousand years...

Your power is immense, your beauty awe-inspiring.

Oh water protectors, your fight is more noble, more sacred.

I honor you.

May we learn to be like you.

May we learn from your strength.

Dear Water Protectors.

I breathe today, and my tears well like the biding oceans, tear pulled from my eyes as if the moon called the tide.

Today I breathe freedom.

For once, I take a breath, and breathe freedom.

If for only a second,

I have breathed freedom...

With every ounce of my heart,

of my soul,

of my body,

Thank you.

Dear God, thank you.