words to heal a broken world
Boys will be human beings who face their own emotions with vulnerability. They will use their words to express desires and listen deeply to the wants and needs of others. Nothing less will be tolerated.
Do not dismantle
the patriarchy.
Tearing apart a building
brick by brick from the
top down leaves a
foundation in its wake.
Do not smash it
or burn it
or leave behind
remnants of rubble,
ashes from which
even the darkness
can rise.
Instead, dig it up
from the earth.
Starve rapacious
and predatory roots
from the resources
they have plundered.
Free the soil
from toxins
that leave it
starving,
hollow,
victimized.
Churn the earth,
ever so gently,
and let it rest.
A year of jubilee.
Whittle the wood
into a thing of
beauty that tells
the narrative of
a history transformed
but not forgotten.
The bar on the corner of Lawrence and Kimball plays muted Soul Train videos on vertical flatscreen televisions. Dancers’ limbs wobble, distorted by the sideways slant, threatening to snap like rubber bands and disappear from view. Piped in through the overhead speakers, an indy jazz …
Speak to me of absolutes, inescapable truths haunting the human experience Child rearing households stir in small hour stillness, soothing anxious fits of fright, calming consternation beside bedframes The craving for community meets desperation for internal intimacy. Seclusion quarrels solitude, camouflaged as the latter to …
