“ *AMUPAVITUM – HUNUKAVITUM”
There is a tear in time
that rivers the universe
and ripples
into the happenstance
of something we call LIFE.
“AMUPAVITUM – HUNUKAVITUM”
This give this take
this unspoken
unheard
but seen Murmur
carried within the throes
of millennium
by stars, moons, meteorite rings, & planets
BREATH all into existence
“AMUPAVITUM – HUNUKAVITUM”
Cradled in the arms
of our solar star the Sun
and here
ON OUR MOTHER PLANET EARTH
it reads it resonates
in tonal frequencies
of some re-configured ASH
“AMUPAVITUM – HUNUKAVITUM”
© Olivia Chumacero
[1] * Definition of the words *AMUPAVITUM-HUNUKAVITUM used currently in the indigenous language of the Tongva from the coastal area of Los Angeles, California.
Pronounciation of Amupavitum (ämoo’ pa’veetum) Hunukavitum (who’nuk’ a’ veetum).
Source : Elders from the Tongva community
an Indigenous Perspective - eim 