Nov 2023
When all the sorrow of the world spills over, cup your hands and try to hold it.
Even if you think it might run over,
know the earth below will hold it, too
Together you will see to it; see that these rivers that long have ran with each others blood and that are marked white deposits of salt from histories of tears serve
their deepening purpose and nourish
the soil. That all boiling blister of hate pop
by our consciousness renewed. Growing among the dirt of yesterday, the fruit of all our mistakes will be our garden that grows flowers.
Even if you think it might run over,
know the earth below will hold it, too
Together you will see to it; see that these rivers that long have ran with each others blood and that are marked white deposits of salt from histories of tears serve
their deepening purpose and nourish
the soil. That all boiling blister of hate pop
by our consciousness renewed. Growing among the dirt of yesterday, the fruit of all our mistakes will be our garden that grows flowers.
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.
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.
(31/Clovis, CA)
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