They just went to waste some time, Have lunch, Buy some shoes. They end up running for their lives. Huddled behind an overflowing dumpster. Fearful that the faces of strangers would be the last faces they'd ever see. A benign trip to the mall was on the agenda. Instead... What they got was an invitation... Continue Reading →
Deep Sleep
Sleep … It’s what you need right now. Not too long. Not too deep. Just enough to heal, But While you sleep… Hear the whispers. Feel the love. Hold on to our voices, We will guide your way back. Back to love. Friendship. Family. Feel our strength, Willing you back to us. While you sleep... Continue Reading →
MY UTOPIA
Pollyanna Naïve Unrealistic Words all used to describe my utopian views. We are looking for inclusion and yet we focus on diversity. This seems paradoxical to me. How can you have true inclusion, if you are focused on differences rather than commonalities? Shouldn’t we start from a place of sameness? Maybe focus on the... Continue Reading →
Farewell old Friend
(For Keary)
A part of my heart was shattered today. No, that's not right, it broke all those years ago. Why did we stop talking? It doesn't matter, the point is we did. Today, you would have turned 50. Why were you taken far too young? It doesn't matter, the point is you're gone. My heart aches... Continue Reading →
Whitewashed
The cracks are painted over,hiding the damagefrom years of neglect.They should have repaired itlong ago.Instead, they left it to rot.Decaying in the humid air,leaving only a shell of its former self.A mere shadow of what it once was.Strong.Powerful.Resolute.Now… it’s nothing!Dust particles,left in a pile on the sill.Why didn’t you fix it?I wonder.Was the time you... Continue Reading →
HOPE
Spinning…Recklessly spinning,Out of control. Whose control?Ours! Slipping…Through our fingers,Into the abyss. Why?Apathy? No…Laziness has brought us here,To the brink of collapse. Recovery…Is possible,Through change How? Working together…It’s the only way,To rebuild and unite. Hope…For a better tomorrow,Brought about by unity. ©2020 Brooke Lee
Color Blind
If we were color blind...Would we know the differences in people?Could we see the sameness without predisposition?It's time to erase the color charts.We must eradicate the labels that propagate our differences and celebrate or similarities.These things hold true, We need oxygen to survive. We all bleed red.We are ALL HUMAN.If only we were color blind©2020... Continue Reading →
Fight the good fight
In this time of uncertainty, things are fucked and twisted. We’re at war with a germ, the that has never been listed. People are struggling to deal with the new reality, while others succumb to life’s finality. We heed the warnings, that change every day. One minute there’s Hope and within an hour it fades... Continue Reading →
Unlearned Lessons
Self doubt...It's a cruel bitch.She sneaks in and strangles me.Sucking whatever is good from me.She leaves me a shell of a person.Quivering in my skin,questioning my very existence.Why do I let her torture me?There is no easy answer.Or, maybe there is?I never feel...Good enoughStrong enoughPretty enoughSmart enoughFunny enoughI just dont feel...enoughThat's a lie...I feel too... Continue Reading →
Wilted
Yellow and blue White and green Colors fading Flowers wilting The water Once fresh and clean Now stinks of rot and decay Gone is the delicate scent of summer © 2019 Brooke Lee