Turn the night
into a day
of love of light
to show the way

Turn the night
from darkness deep
to light so sharp
it's love will keep

Turn the night
one by one
small and tall
to walk to run

turn the night
your heart to keep
turn the night
and then to sleep

Happiness

is to be
thankful
optimistic
underthinking
kind
nurturing
coping
forgiving
flowing
savoring
committed
practicing
caring

but why do we need
a
list?

interrobang

a combination of a
query and interjection
after a rhetorical question
I am an
interrobang

racist

Why I must be a racist:
I'm white
I own a home
I have a job
I'm not poor

I don't live in the ghetto
I have white friends
I go to the mall
I'm white

Why I must not be a racist
I'm English French German Irish Scottish Canadian
My husband is Japanese
My friends run the ethnic scale
From personal experience I understand
pain abuse poverty loss disappointment alienation hunger fear anger
I have been
put down ignored objectified discarded feared threatened

so racism must be in the eyes
of the
beholder
huh!

 

published on FB 9-20-12

the winter of my discontent

it wasn't
winter
it wasn't
mine
it wasn't
discontent
it was
someone's
though