Tuesday, September 26, 2017

It's been a minute. I need to save my thoughts somewhere.



My head is spinning while my sleep is disappearing these days. Home is where I feel safe, mostly. Right now I feel forced into this fish-tank and afraid of the world outside. How do I explain to my daughter that the most powerful man in the country is on the verge of destroying the world? How do I tell her that the animals, landscapes and climate are collapsing? That people all around the world are in need of dire help due to climate change? And that said powerful man doesn’t believe it’s actually happening. How do I explain hope of the future? How do I explain lies of the past? I can’t tell her, she’s not yet three. Human nature is something one hopes to speak of in a positive light to their child. I love her so much. She deserves more than this scary world and I’ll be damned if I sit on the sidelines saying I did nothing to change it. To Be Continued …