El llano y sus flores

Dedicated to Gov. Jan Brewer
and Micky Hammon...

the eagle warrior
darts across the
orange sky

and guides our
step along the
desert plain

we will not
be intimidated
by xenophobic
aridity

we are the
pillagers
of truth
and dreams

our veins know
the lineage of
ancient streams

we embrace who
we are as
a native people

we are not
the fabricated
foreigner
that you think
we are

we are a
down to earth
and blossoming
people

our roots know
the lineage of
sacred omens

our eyes have
seen smoke
on the hill
of the serpent

our hands have
built pyramids
to the sun
and the moon:

we will not fall;
we are not you.