it's a puzzle how I got here
"Hope is often misunderstood. People tend to think that it is simply passive, like wishing. But true hope is active, and it requires action and engagement."
— Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope (2021)
"I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world. ... But to those who have eyes and cannot see, the world is a place of dread."
— Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903), The World I Live In (1908)
some say each of us dies alone
while others have few friends
the hours spent in solitary rooms
no need to leave for commitments
once busy schedule of activities
now wondering where energy has gone
it's a puzzle how I got here
finding no community of faith
or common interests to share
every night dreams of disjointed scenes
forgotten faces invade my space
it's hard to admit this exile feels
more like fallen towers
than castles in the sky
Oh Beautiful
Trump Administration makes headlines
with ICE raids, personnel firings,
face calling, boat bombing, and more
things that seem Un-American, yet
they show me that his supporters
truly approve of such acts.
I question what I was taught about
America from Land of the Free to
Home of the Brave. Oh Beautiful
why do they pollute Spacious Skies?
why is liberty a privilege for few?
and Pledge Allegiance to a man
not Amber Waves of Grain, but
the Good Old Boy in charge.
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