I think of all the atrocities committed by the ego fueled by the emotion of hatred and fear that in retro spect we condemn.

When I was a teenager reading about world history, I wondered how in such horrific things were done. How people could be stand with such  blatant disregard for equality and another’s humanity. How propaganda and statist  language could be used to fool people and fuel sentiments of apathy and even make massacre seem like an acceptable alternative when it never is. I watch as people go on with their daily lives with little to nothing to say about modern day genocides, and I again wonder why.

This is your time, your era,  your epoc–the baton is yours– if you have ever critiqued folks from another time and condemned those atrocities, I beg of you to open your eyes and see for yourself what this time of ours presents you with. Think for yourself. Act even if it is unpopular.

Thus,I believe there should be a ceasefire for the sake of all people involved in the Israel- Palestine conflict. I believe my country, the United States should stop funding a nation who us committed a war crime. I believe in divesting and boycotting corporation(McDonalds, Starbucks, Disney+ and others)  which are actively donating and abiding what is now a textbook genocide.

I believe I should not turn away from the horrors of the world.  And I believe all people should be free deserve a right to live especially young  children.

Modern day genocide where thousands  of children are being killed. To who do we refer to when  we say we will leave this earth better for the children . Who do we say are our children if not all of them. I know I didn’t choose to be born where I was born. To speak languages I speak, I simply opened my eyes and there I was.

What fault do young children have to be treated with such cruelty. I could have been born anywhere, been of any race and of any religion.

To my beloved dead

All people are people. war is an act of collective insanity.


the Son of man shall be betrayed (Matthew 20:18)
makes me think of what a great betrayal it is to wage war against one another towards one another’s children and families

Tzintzuuquixu a messenger from the gods

the humming bird of the P'urépecha

Aurora means dawn in Spanish

Historically quilts are woven by families and passed down.

What narratives or quilts do we hang between each other in our friendships, families, and nations.  Can asking questions help use see one another more clearly?

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this week I have been reading so much in Latin American poetry that poetry in Spanish just starting flowing. Feeling a different rhythm in my tongue made me feel very calm :)))

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