From my kitchen window
\nfor a few brief minutes, I can see
\na gorgeous pale blue sky
\nand the softest powder puff clouds
\nsailing over
\neven though most of the day has been
\novercast and
\ncolour
\nless
\n
\nfrom my kitchen window
\nfor a few brief minutes, I can believe
\nthat the world is kind
\nand we are lovingly accepting
\nof each other
\neven though yet one more unarmed man
\nhas been shot
\nin the
\nstreet
\nwhile we watch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been thinking lately about accepting the things
\nwe cannot change
\nand the very necessity to change the things
\nwe simply
\nCANNOT
\naccept<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as I am reading Walking With the Wind<\/strong> this week too, as the world swirls while at home, we mourn the loss these are the things I am thinking about today \u201cHow fragile we are, between the few good moments.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n as I walk, and look for things like the roses \u2665 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From my kitchen window for a few brief minutes, I can see a gorgeous pale blue sky and the softest powder puff clouds sailing over even though most of the day has been overcast and colour less from my kitchen…
A Memoir of the Movement<\/strong> by John Lewis<\/em>
and reflecting on the courage, strength and dignity
of those who fought to end discrimination, segregation
and disenfranchisement
yet how some sixty years later, feeding on a steady diet
of fear and complacency
we, of the privileged shades still cannot
treat our fellow man, woman or child
as decent human beings
where some will call on their \u2018god\u2019 to bless a nation
that will uniform and arm those
who swear to
protect
yet repeatedly, \u00a0irrationally shoot first
no questions later<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI am sending love to a friend
\nwho battles her own kind of injustice
\nin a crisis of health that certainly no one deserves to fight
\nagainst
\nand least of all a loving soul as she
\nwho is built with the kind of strength and beauty
\nas cannot be taken
\nand she handles all struggles with grace
\nthat
\nhumbles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of a beloved pet, such a dear little life
come to an end, before our eyes
leaving us powerless to help
knowing well, that loss is indeed a very real part
of life
still, we are left quite
broken
in washes of great sadness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the words of Jane Hirshfield in my head,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to be thankful
for <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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