I got an anthology that I participated in through the mail today. In reading some of the poems in it, I was struck by how angry our youth is. No one writes complacent, happy poems. They are all vicious! These women have been scorned. I don't know by whom or what, but I am certainly glad I am not the object of their disdain.
I began thinking then, about the things I dislike in my world. Are they things that I can change, or will I be forced to accept these maladies without fight? Well, knowing me as well as I do, I won't go out without a fight. I ponder words that can direct views, I try them out while facing myself in the bathroom mirror. They are scary words, but I feel stronger and happier having said them, if only to myself.
I say them now, and to you. Don't be afraid to repeat them. "BEAUTY FADES, DUMB IS FOREVER" "IGNORANCE IS ONLY BLISS IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE BEING IGNORANT." I smile now, pen in hand. I create. I touch lives. I save lives. I will not die forgotten or forgettable. I will live as long as those I touch, and those they touch. I am a wave in the sea, but the sea would be nothing without its waves.
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