Friday, March 8, 2013
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Double Tap by Oso
Double Tap
Excerpt:
Masooma places a hand on her father’s shoulder, then rests her cheek upon it. He kisses the top of his daughter’s head, appreciative of the gesture. It had been a mannerism of her mother.
Father?
Witnesses said his wife had been unhurt in the explosion.
May I go with the other girls to collect firewood?
She had been among those who ran to help. Those who died in the second explosion.
I’ll be careful, I promise!
It was a common tactic among terrorists, a second bomb or rocket to kill those giving aid to the survivors of a previous explosion.
Father, may I?
Willing the tears back, he turns to Masooma. She is the image of her mother. Forcing a smile, he nods his head. “Don’t go too far“.
Returning to the newspaper, he finds himself unable to concentrate. Gradually his head lowers, and he is soon fast asleep. He begins to dream.
Excerpt:
Masooma places a hand on her father’s shoulder, then rests her cheek upon it. He kisses the top of his daughter’s head, appreciative of the gesture. It had been a mannerism of her mother.
Father?
Witnesses said his wife had been unhurt in the explosion.
May I go with the other girls to collect firewood?
She had been among those who ran to help. Those who died in the second explosion.
I’ll be careful, I promise!
It was a common tactic among terrorists, a second bomb or rocket to kill those giving aid to the survivors of a previous explosion.
Father, may I?
Willing the tears back, he turns to Masooma. She is the image of her mother. Forcing a smile, he nods his head. “Don’t go too far“.
Returning to the newspaper, he finds himself unable to concentrate. Gradually his head lowers, and he is soon fast asleep. He begins to dream.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Where is humanity?
I am always there for you....
in the wind,
or in the rustling of the leaves....
you are free.....
always free...
your chains are not from me....
but from your own fear
of your reality.
Where is humanity?
in the wind,
or in the rustling of the leaves....
[Against the advice of authorities, young people frolic in the high surf
on the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront in Mandeville, La. as Isaac batters
the north shore with high winds and high tides, Wednesday.]
in the sound of some unfamiliar bird calling,
or singing it's sweet song of creation.
I am always there around you,
and the message is always the same...
you are mine...
but you are free...
love does not captivate or restrict...
it cannot exist without total freedom...
you are free.....
always free...
your chains are not from me....
but from your own fear
Where is humanity?
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
the President GIVES A DAMN.
Yesterday, the President of the United States of America GAVE A DAMN. The Goddess knows, I don't agree much with what this President does as policy. Yet, yesterday he did a GOOD THING. Because of what Obama exclaimed, children, kids all over the world woke up in a world where a leader of a "world power" said THEY WERE VALID. THEY MATTER. That they have the same human rights as anyone. It took courage and I am grateful to Obama for doing this. I do think it's a calculated political tactic, because he has spoke throughout his Presidency these kinds of 'progressive' policies only to invalidate them with his demonstrations. This can not be UNDONE. What he has done for youth who wake up each day in deepest fear over who will show them the most HATE... I give Obama applause. No matter what. For that.
I am not gay. I am self identified as bisexual. It matters not what or who I am ... I am not living in fear of who I am. But kids wake up every day to life filled with HATE and they kill themselves over this. THEY KILL THEMSELVES.
So it matters. What the President did. Beyond himself.
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