Day 69

sometimes staying in bed or just disappearing

feels like a better option

than one more pull on the bootstrap

or half-hearted acknowledgement

of just how silver the lining really is.

we are tired.

it does not seem fair that while children are starving

simply because they are not our own

and people around us are ailing and dying

simply because its “part of being alive” –

that we should have to also put up

with some hack job politic or crumby job

or even a hurt of our own.

we are really that tired.

i’m hoping it will be okay someday

for you to tell me how broken you are

and for me to just hold you

without trying to fix you

or telling you how fortunate you really are.

and i am hoping that once we have all admitted

we are worn to the bone

by all this busy-ness of being alive

we can go back to feeding people

simply because they are hungry

and caring for people

simply because they are ill.

i’m not sure there is much more to figure out than that.

maybe feeding and caring

would be enough to change the world.