questions we should be asking ourselves...

what happens to those who are unaware of the abundant light contained within their existence?

who is reminding them to activate this light - this love?

who is teaching them to love?

... how to be loved?

in my experience, it requires a special kind of soilder

one willing to guide these stray hearts to safety without expectation,

WITH love.

who is willing to love those whom society has deemed unlovable?

those who have a hard time loving themselves?

is everyone worthy of love?

why is this even a question having to be posed?

what is deemed unlovable behavior and by who?

can you hold space for love for all of gods creations?

who wrote the rule book of life and why wasn't my lived experiences and by extension - the experiences of my ancestors - taken into account when doing so?

who's game is this?

...

i wish humans could connect nakedly...

all layers of amor gently and lovingly peeled off

leaving us with nothing more than the preserved innocence embedded in our soul

the innocence that left some of us too vulnerable for comfort...

so over time, we built our armor with the tools passed down to us from our ancestors,

the armor necessary to protect our souls from the harshness of reality

tell me, how does one retain a sense of vulnerability and sensitivity in a world that constantly perceives them as a threat?

in a world that disvalues their existence ... pleasantly, with grace

in a world where their strength - their resiliency - is the only thing keeping them alive.

how do you blame someone for surviving in a world created against them?

who do you blame for the stolen innocence?

...

blame - an assigned responsibility

what if we lived in a world where blame was taken away from the individual and placed upon the generational systemic root causes that allow the continuance of unapologetic fascist behavior?

what if we created space for the stories of the ones who harmed us and analyzed holistically where to place blame?

what would that look like, blame that is no longer immediately turned into shame ?

what is the gratification that stems from placing the responsibility of my pain onto the soul of another ?

to what extent is my pain my fault? i mean it takes two to tango and i'm not one to shy away from accountability

why was this pain placed upon me?

what am i to do with this pain?

is this pain greater than i?

what causes the infliction of pain and how do we stop it?

should it be stopped?

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