Burning

Sadly, so much of what’s happening currently isn’t unthinkable, but it is unwatchable. It’s despicable and grotesque. There’s no way around it, just through it and getting through it is going to require continued vigilance and pressure. It requires indomitable passion and resilience, a stubbornness to stand for and with a pulsating kindness. We need actions — hard, transformative and humble actions — but I believe in words too. I think words have kept us in this mess. Specific, pointed words have been slung to wound. They’ve been gripped by fearful, small people, to provoke and oppress. The right words themselves won’t fix anything, but words of love and warmth can at least let some light in.

For the rest of the month of June, I will send anyone who donates over $25 to Black Lives Matter or the NAACP — or makes a recurring monthly payment of any amount, a FREE Tier 1 Moem. Email me at moemsmoemsmoems@gmail.com with your receipt of donation, name, address and a couple pieces of inspiration to take into consideration for the poem. Thank you. Let’s be better humans. Let’s encourage those around us to do the same.