November 9th, 2016

Today is overcast
Today is grim
Today is sorrow
Today is disappointment
Today is hurt
Today is anger
Today is rage
Today is unacceptable
Today is shame
Today is fear
Today is when things didn't change
Today is when patriarchy and white power win
AGAIN

Today is not for us
Today we get to grieve
Today we get to feel
Today we get to hurt

We have lost
We have lost hope
We have lost power
We have lost friends
We have lost family

The fight has to continue and yes the sun rises
Life goes on
But we have today
We own today

We can grieve
Don't take this day away from us
You've taken everything else

Greater Things

The world is filled with pain
The world is filled with hate
The world is filled with danger

Yet, we sit
We worry
We plan
We think
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it"

We may never see that bridge
We may never have the new day
We may not get another tomorrow

Youth is wasted on the young
Life is wasted on the living

We are consumed with self and now
Money
Power
Legacy
What will make us remembered?

We care about material things
What can I buy next?
What will I watch next?
We have too many choices

We have too little time
To care so much for only ourselves

Others matter
There are greater things

Indie Movie

I wish life were like an indie movie. Weird and emotional with jokes that were only funny to you. Life is mostly messy and confusing and frustrating, filled with worries about things that aren’t gonna matter in a month. We fight and we work too hard and we care too much what people think of us.

The secret is: people don’t think of us. People think mostly of themselves. We are so worried about our own minute lives that we rarely think outside of ourselves. But if life were like an indie movie, we’d care about other people. We’d have someone who loves us and plays acoustic covers of old songs by unheard of artists’.

If life were like an indie movie, we’d have an emotional and uplifting pep talk from an adult we respected. Or, we’d have a moving adventure in bright colors, like a Wes Andersen movie. If life were like an indie movie, things would turn out ok.