Our Dreams
May 02, 2022living into their dreams
living into their dreams
never imagining she would become a forest unto herself
unable to consider others’ needs or perspectives
if I take care of me now, tomorrow will care for itself
escape is not witness
a presence of overlapping realities
we respond to surprises with grace
life does not need to be this hard
respond to your suffering as I do to my own
those children stand in front of us, sometimes in the form of elderly adults
my chitin is not thick enough to withstand the pressures of this world
paths are lined by the people I have loved
living in a world we can share
opening oneself to what can be, without knowing what that may be
an inspiration for those we encounter
slide down to a lovely swamp
how to decide
gratitude for those who have left
beginning a new way of understanding my journey
a letter to friends and family
a video of Sam Dennison at SF City Hall
the three men steadied themselves against each other and gave a firm but calm tug
the message is that survival belongs only to the greedy