INSPIRATION
CREATION THEORY
~RIVER SMITH
If there is a beginning, I know it is flooded with joy.
Why is it so hard to believe if there is a design,
that it is etched in love, thrown on a wheel of possibilities,
bathed in a brew of pleasure?
Why else would our skin be so large and receptive to ecstasy
if it's not our destiny?
Why else would our souls sing so loudly
when we stumble upon each other?
Why else would our muscles long for the deep touch
waiting in the fingertips and strong hands of a
brother-sister-lover?
Why else would our ears hear the music,
our blood feel the rhythm of every beating heart,
every pit of pattering,
as the rain smacks the window,
the leaf,
our beautiful faces?
Art Installation by Victoria Kahakina
THE UNACCEPTABLE IS NOW HERE
~River Smith
The unacceptable is now here. Disinformation over fact. Fear over hope. Division over community . Disrespect over acceptance. The unacceptable is now here. Prejudice over understanding. Vengeance over justice. A man with an enemies list and no understanding of democracy or history or government or science the unacceptable is now here
But the dream remains.
The dream remains
Though our hearts may be heavy or even broken, our hopes temporarily buried in the crash of this disaster, the dream remains.
Our anxiety soaring, our fears indigestible, our heavy hearts aching so,
The Dream remains.
This is a multi-millennial, multicultural effort and journey passed on and on and passed along to us as Love and kindness and voice and choice and the noise of aspiring justice, of a yearning learning caring growing community which continues to blossom generation upon generation upon millennium upon generation because
The dream remains.
It is in hearts and voices of each new generation as it unfolds
It was here long before us
It will fill hearts long beyond us, Because the dream remains.
Yes, unacceptable is now here, but the dream remains
The whole world can feel it as our love and hope continue the struggle to heal it
Because the dream remains.
~
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