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like sheep

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Like sheep we follow

Ignoring the other’s cries

Till they come for us

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After this past week, I fear (even more than I did before) for the survival of our democracy. When we allow the president to act outside the law, how can we claim to be a nation of laws. When we actively persecute people who are not “appropriately” straight, adequately white, and the “right” kind of Christian, then how can we claim to be exceptional? When we support (or ignore) an administration that consistently places profit over the health and safety of humanity and they very survival of our planet, how can we claim “greatness.”

I fear.

Thanks to  Ronovan Writes for the venue to vent. Our words this week are “sheep” and “weep” for which I substituted ‘cries.’

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A Change is Gonna Come (Hopefully)

Tina Stewart Brakebill

The world spins around

Bringing a spark of new hope

As fuel for the flames

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I’ve been WP MIA for a couple of weeks. Between the heat and the constant rain and the general state of our world, I’ve been uninspired or depressed or lethargic. “Whatever” has been my go-to feeling of late. Ugh. But I’m trying to lift myself out of it. So thanks to  Sue’s beautiful photo challenge for giving me a hopeful image to go along with the spark of hope coming out of Puerto Rico.

I’ll leave you with my title inspiration-Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Peace.

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RevolutiON

Tina Stewart Brakebill

find new year’s hope

by seeking revolution  

rising from the ash

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Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com

Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the word inspiration (seek/find).

And here’s hoping for a new and better year–where people come together and create change. Let this be the year that sees him (and his enablers) gone!

Peace.