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Poem by Adam Castro
Adam is our giveaway winner of ‘A tale of adventure begins with a why’, an initiative by Aire Libre Running with Ciele Athletics together with our experience host Alex Dickinson and mindfulness leader Hakim Tafari.
Seeking a more inclusive and diverse running and outdoors world, Aire Libre Running and Hakim Tafari teamed up with Ciele to give one free spot to the BIPoC Community for our Jackson Hole running getaway of 2021.
Adam’s entry was a powerful poem written from his place within the BIPoC community which reflects the struggle for liberation from a cultural heritage that suppresses the voices of minority communities and how running is one more door on the road to achieving that freedom.
«Ancient hand that raised me
are the same ancient hands
that plunged into the Mesoamerica dirt
so that I might one day
have the opportunity
to run upon it
I run to honor those
who labored before me
On their feet
Harvesting the corn
and potatoes of the field
Totec wrath and blessing
Upon ancestral blow
Ancient sweat on brown skin
turns to salt inside my mouth
The lungs breathe
The heart beats
In this moment
I am complete and perfect
Old dirt whispers old stories
Of pain and wisdom
While on top new soles create and heal
I run to seek the wilderness
Wilderness of earth
Wilderness of heart
wilderness of body
and of mind
Run to confront
run to engage
run to and run through
But I do not run away
Body sore
Heart restore
Mind relinquished
Ancient trauma Be Released»
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