1/29/17
Today my heart is bleeding,
A heavy weight rests across my shoulders.
Aware of a world afraid of what it cannot control
Projecting that fear onto that which it does not understand:
The different, the unfamiliar, anything that looks or smells or acts
in ways they do not know.
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The world of straight, white, Christian, male privilege
Pointing the finger of blame on everything they think they are not:
Female, Tran, gay, of color, Muslim, poor, hungry, homeless, mentally ill, disabled and diseased.
(does any of this sound familiar?????)
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A world that is dying grasping for the power they believe they possess
While it slips like sand through their fingers.
The old world that is dying – unaware and unconcerned for the carnage that lies in their wake, as their actions serve only to create more
Of what they most fear:
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A people who are tired,
Who have grown weary of being scapegoat for a selfish, needy child who gnashes its teeth, waves its fists and stomps its feet over
Not getting what it wants.
A people who are weary of serving the needs of the selfish few.
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A people who will rise up –
Who will no longer put up with the selfish child.
A people who have grown up and who now understand that children need boundaries,
Guidance and consequences for their non-loving and self-centered behaviors.
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A people who will say, “that’s enough of that”
And give the child the time-out they need if they ever hope to grow beyond the emotional age of 3.
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As the old world is gnashing its teeth and stomping its feet in the face of its own death,
A new world is being born.
During these times when my heart is bleeding,
It is the vision of a new world that gives me hope.
