We will go on.
Despite the chasm, the despair, the road lost
For now through the undergrowth of hate
We will put one foot in front of another
We will hold fast to each other
And go on.
As we face the days of terror, dissolution
Forces ranged across our future
Oppression, violence, laws from the witch-burning times,
We must have each others' winged backs
When no help is coming from outside.
Keep in your heart that pentagram of fire
Inscribed on Baphomet's brow;
Seek words of the wise; especially those at your side.
The path is dark, but we bear our own light
We who have walked these roads since time began.
The long shadows of the theocrats, reaching in
To ruin lives, freedoms, pleasure, reason, love
Stop here at our feet. No further.
Now we see our black flames kindled
High in circles of protection
For all those endangered, demonized, excised
For stepping over someone else's line.
We are Legion and our black flag is planted
As a beacon for justice ─ for all
Deeper than any cross in the soil of this nation.
What is claimed for a petty tyrant God
Was gifted with full rights of law and land
To our Black Goat, its torch of freedom,
Equality, autonomy
Burning now in newly kindled hearts.
Scream, rage, cry and shout to the wind
To the very edges of the light
But listen for soft voices
Of the vast web of allies
In the dark, standing at your side.
The storm erases lines between both sea and sky
But still,
Awake, aware, together
Now we fly.
- Lilith Starr
November 6, 2024
(Art credits to The Satanic Temple - https://thesatanictemple.com/)
NOW we fly, again and again I return to these three simple motivational words. YES we will fly.