Holding others despair while living my life :
I want to share in the magnitude of this global pain
Particularly you Gaza
Despair for what you endure daily
I stand with you in solidarity
Letting you know through nameless energy
That this what you face is wrong and evil
As anything ever was, or is
And there’s been a lot of wrong and evil
Perpetuated by us, this human race
And yet not withstanding the horrors
In my day to day life
I am blown open to the sacredness of presence
The many tasks of living ground me
The moments of deep connection
The way nature splays, and splashes
Unchecked
Her abundance of light, color and life
I don’t know how to stand
In the fullness of my life
With it’s pain and plenty
Without belying the agony of yours
I don’t know how to uphold both
This upended world
Along side nothing changing
Just now in my daily life
—Jean Lopez
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