A passage from Elisa’s poem for the Utrecht slavery monument Flight and Resistance:
We’re standing still
so that our ancestors rest on our shoulders
and we wear them
their strength is not weakened
it flows through
it flows through our voices
history we will tell and their stories will not perish
we will collect all the energy of the wind power and the waves of the ocean
peace is needed to continue
so we’re standing still
so that our ancestors rest on our shoulders
and we wear them
together we absorb the information
and we’ll talk to each other
this is where we multiply instead of divide
in which healing and gathering are intertwined
from the past to the future
the present is strengthened
and awareness brings movement to a change