My ego is overwhelmed
My heart is too
I feel awful
I simply do not know
What to do
Life guarantees
To do this to you
It’s the murder of minorities
And children
The loss of Roe v Wade
The Taliban has taken over
Russia decided to invade
Sit with it
Feel deep into the pain
Sit in dis-ease
With God
Also Mother
To the hated other
The target
Of our blame
Claws out
Desperate to shred
Pen out
Desperate to get these
Swirling
Stories
Out of my head
Heart out
Desperate to gather
With others
The strength of numbers
Pushing back
This poison
Dread
And you
Human who
Is here with me
Witnessing
Moving
With me
Sharing in this
Human misery
I…
I don’t know what to say
It is hard
So hard
Life is never
Ever
Yet always
-Forever paradox-
Somehow
Okay
Our pain prickles
Our heart
Letting it breathe
Our tears wash our eyes
Letting them see
Our prayers center us
In what is
And what could be
Our rest nourishes us
Readies us
To sacrifice
Serve
Fight
For what we believe