27 December 2023
2Sacred
A Song by Marca Cassity (Osage/Kaw)
MAPS Bulletin: Volume XXXIII Number 3 • 2023
This is a love song
For the ones that have come before
Singing to the ancestor Spirit realm
For our own survival
This is an offering
Sage sweet grass cedar smoke
Lovingly
Going out to the great Mystery
Once more with a feeling
This is a love song
Sing it from the heart
Feel it down in my bones
The tenderness of this river flowing
Grief and bliss
And with the tears rolling down
We water the seeds in the ground
And bring to life
All original Soul from which they guide
When I cry
When I cry
When I cry cry cry
They are here to hold me
When I fly
When I’m ready to fly
When I’m ready to fly
They are here to release me
And we fly
Fly fly fly fly together
We’re keeping it high
In every kind of weather
This is a serenade
Going out to the astral today
Gratitude on my lips
For this multi-dimensional relationship
They lived
They lived and died
They lived and died
And I am here to remember.
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And when they reach
They reach through to me
When they reach through to me
I am here to receive them
Wey.we.nah*
Wey.we.nah
Wey.we.nah
Wey.we.nah
Wey.we.nah
Wey.we.nah
In the dark
When I’m in the dark
When I’m in the dark dark dark
They send me the lightning
And when I’m ignorant
I’m down and lost
And ignorant
When I’m in my ignorance
They are here to teach me
Teach me
They teach me
Land back
Water is life
Two Spirit sacred returning
Land back
Water is life
Two spirit sacred returning
Returning
Returning
Two Spirit sacred returning
Two Spirit sacred returning
Two Spirit sacred returning
*Wey.we.nah-Osage word for Thank You
Marca Cassity
Marca Cassity BSN, LMFT (Osage/Kaw) is a Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer psychotherapist who has worked in Native American and LGBTQ+ health for over 10 years, including taking part in the MAPS MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color in 2019. Guided by Spirit, ancestors, and on a mission to help people embrace their identity, Cassity is constantly exploring and evolving as a practitioner as well as an artist. Called “a songwriter to be reckoned with” by No Depression, they’ve recently added an X to their name, in honor of gender diversity which has existed throughout all of history, and as the artist “Marx Cassity” released a 10- song synth-driven folktronica rock album with Native nuances. The album 2Sacred speaks to overcoming hardship through resilience, in connection to nature, humor, love, compassion, spirituality, and heritage.