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college student. (english literature, dance, education)
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Poetry Excerpts from "Sound Off" chapbook. Poetry Workshop I, Mills College, August-November 2009. Copyright 2009, all rights reserved. "Progression"
As a
repeated chest pelting
supposition
early onset dementia
bewildered iris
mission statement
as
Horizon line
Testament not old not new
Ampersand
Technology etching That’s enough for today.
"unscheduled" tight
"strangers"
this glass was blown and cut and formed
"Chicken Chow Mein" Nothing is delivered without cost.
[ cohesion and concreteness
Ideals are minimal. Intangible. Disintegrating.
Your fortune: Only you can change your life. No one can do it for you.
It is quite the reasonable goal,
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Thursday, October 28, 2004
*sigh*
don't feel like blogging. read Alanis. get smarter. think about it. take a chance. stop being dumbasses! With a little under 7 days left until election day in America, the fervor and passion has reached an all time high in both the two leading parties' campaigns as well as the voting public. In having watched the debates and gotten a general sense of the two parties' agendas and campaign strategies, and my being in the unfortunate position of not having my dual citizenship before November 2nd , I am left to ruminate about the differences in the two main (and unfortunately at this point, only) parties, and some of the larger questions that underlie their approaches. I see this election time as an unparallel opportunity for Americans to define themselves on a far deeper level than just politically. It is my belief that our political beliefs are our spiritual beliefs tangibly evidenced. Our level of consciousness is best shown by everything we do, from how we approach our relationships and our day to day interactions with ourselves and others, as well as who we vote for as president, as well as what we create the political structure itself to look like. All of this, in my opinion, is an indication of how evolved we are as spiritual beings in human form. Which makes the willingness and passion to vote during this election time so heartening to see, for which we have george bush and last election's neck and neck final moments, as well as all the questionable Floridian escapades to thank. For without that, who knows if America would feel so inspired to take part in shaping it's own future. Apathy seems to be a thing of the past, with voting and political bandy-ing being the new hip stance on politics as a young person today. And not a moment too soon, I say, with how the planet environmentally and politically looks today. in choosing who our next president will be, America, in the fragile place that it finds itself today, would seem to benefit from having someone in the oval office who has an eye toward rebuilding relationships outside of those that address its' ethnocentric concerns, --while leaving other countries to evolve into their OWN version of freedom (rather than one that's imposed by America), and focusing on it's own domestic concerns. America seems to need someone who can hold strong in crisis moments while bringing to the big decisions a thoughtful and global mindset, a mindset that considers the long term effects of its choices on its own people, as well as the planet and it's different countries. A president that can address an evolving species, with a willingness to update and reconsider as new information comes in, with a steadfastness rather than a rigidity, thoughtful courage rather than reactivity, someone who represents who we would be at our best. Someone who would be transparent and seek to resolve rather than put a band-aid on our relationship with foreign countries, and in doing so, create TRUE safety, not the kind of safety that comes from dealing with it symptomatically by simply making border control more grueling etc, but the kind that would eventually and ACTUALLY render the need for terrorist attacks on America obsolete and begin to heal the long standing rage toward the US' star spangled nation. In short, it seems America would benefit from an evolved, thoughtful and wise parental figure of sorts, one that serves as an inspiration for all its people and earns the respect of nations worldwide. No easy task, to be sure. My thought is that if we insist on fighting first, offensively, there will never be the true safety that America so desperately craves, as retaliating terrorist strikes will be inevitable. My thought is that we cannot be led into a change by the same consciousness level that caused or perpetuated the very problems we seek to address. All that would result is more of the same. While Americans and humans in general seem to be terrified of change, I see a willingness to embrace the unknown in an attempt to do things differently, to shift the cause to create a different effect. I see a youth determined to usher us into this different outcome. While voting democrat under today's political structure may not get us to this place anytime soon, it seems like a baby step in this vision's general direction. My hope is that the passion that I see around me will be reflected on the decision made on November 2nd. A decision that on the outside seems to be a political one, but at the root level I see ultimately as a courageously spiritual one. preach chicka. preach. |
