As usual, there’s Kiilu, right in the thick of things in this anti-war march on Sept. 24, 2005. – Photo: Kamau Amen-Ra
by Tiny
What is a shero
who never gave up & NEVER let go
never stood down, sold out or took the politrickster road
who breathed liberation from every pore
who resisted kkkrapitalism, plantations and shouted at every prison door
This is Kiilu and whenever i felt like giving up, i would dream of u
resistance to so much and yet you would shake it off
like it was nothing at all
So much love to you Shero Kiilu
i see u everywhere, can’t begin to lift you high enough
Will say your name every day as we try to keep the liberation Up in every way
pulled no punches, told no lies
Keep up the truth, the power, the voices of revolution to the colonized
Free the land, free the People shouted from stolen land rooftops – and smashing ALL institutional power disguises
Every day Every way, we walk with you Kiilu, run wit Mama Dee, MOVE AFRICA Emiliano & George Jackson – never stop watching over us
never stop holding us in light, as we NEVER stop activating
cuz without your spirit beside us, we can’t keep up the fight.
Shero Kiilu
we love u
Shero Kiilu
we are u
Shero Kiilu
Tiny – or Lisa Gray-Garcia – is co-founder with her Mama Dee of POOR Magazine and its many projects and author of “Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America,” published by City Lights. She can be reached at deeandtiny@poormagazine.org. Visit POOR at www.poormagazine.org.