Day 136: “Let the Rain”
The rainy days
Make me feel calm
Remind me to relax
Take it easy
They remind me that change is beautiful
Everything gets washed
Renewed
Spring is coming
Tag: change
A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 129
Day 129: “For the People”
Resistance is not about the people in power
It’s about the rest of us
Banding together
Finding common ground
Love
Empathy
Positivity
Joy
You don’t get to say, “I’m not political”
Because to exist as a woman, person of color, member of the LGBTQ+ community, someone who is non-binary
Is political
Not by choice
It just is
So let’s join the walk
Not to make a difference in policy at the highest level
Who knows if they’re even listening?
But to create community
And change minds
‘We the People’ and all
A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 95
Day 95: “Eruption”
Just one day
Can make everything fall apart
One ill-made decision
One misrepresentation
One callous remark
One violent gesture
Can make it all come crumbling down
When you get up from the rubble
Dust yourself off
You see the signs
They were there before
But you see them now
It didn’t just all blow up one day
It was a slow, lava-oozing rupturing
Just an upset stomach
That became an infected mess of pain
A full-blown eruption
A big eye-opener
Emergency surgery
You have to cut out the poison
To live
That kind of gives me comfort
That things don’t just blow up out of nowhere
But it does make me question my judgment
Faking It Made 