Before the word “trauma” was taken from the Greeks By the English and brought to Luzon and Bisayan shores via American false promises of salvation My people knew it already In the stories of creation I knew it already In the rhythm of my family’s name When I listen to these social workers and doctors […]
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For Luka When Bear came to me in a dream, I felt alone in the world and abandoned by Creator Her form seemed like a hulking threat A silent judgement Yet she waited till I approached Night after night year after year She was my strength and my balm To my tears and aches my […]
Fresh Friday: A Litany of Things That Were Never Yours For The Taking
Content Warning: Sexual assault, franchise colonialism, settler colonialism, anti-Black racism, cisgenderism/transphobia, misogyny, femmephobia Image description: A photograph taken by Lukayo Estrella of the Mayon Volcano, with coconut trees and lush jungle in the foreground. The text over the photograph reads: “A Litany of Things That Were Never Yours For the Taking” and “patreon.com/lukayo“. A Litany […]
Fresh Friday: Niyog
Image Description: A black-and-white ink drawing of a coconut tree. The roots of the tree are entwined with a giant humanoid skull and a skeleton of a serpentine creature with wings. The word NIYOG is off-centre, with the “I” being represented by the trunk of the coconut tree. At the top left corner is Lukayo’s […]
Fresh Friday: To the Waters & the Wild
New song and artwork! Fun fact: This song actually came to me in a dream from my Ancestors. I was watching a music video in the dream, and I was shocked to discover that the video was of myself, performing this exact song with a pop punk band. When I woke up, I remembered most […]
