Right ♥ Now

Seems this is going to be a day where words refuse to flow
& I’m thinking,
ya know,
just go back to bed and give inspiration a break.
seriously
It’s not worth racking those brain cells for something that is obviously not there

or

I can write, see what appears, hit delete at any moment
& no one will know but me

& there’s that tune.

C’mon people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now

I haven’t heard The Youngbloods in YEARS, but there they sang on my radio yesterday and here they insistently strum in my mind.

Try to love one another right now.

ok

Sounds pretty darn easy, if you ask me
& yet, here we sit.
Repeating the same, old, tired, sentences as hatefulness continues to thrive throughout this land and our lives.

I am so, so tired of ugliness

& no matter what words I conjure up to counter the venom,
no matter how many flippin times I plead it’s easy if you try.

I have to, you have to, WE have to TRY.

Try harder, try better.
Try today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows that follow.
Try until our very last breath.
Try forever and again. And again.

Because if I try and you try and she tries and he tries ….

Oh no, Hate.
No. No. NO.
I cannot,  I will not hit delete.
Not today.
Not. Ever.

I will continue.
I will TRY.

So, please.
PLEASE.

C’mon people now
Smile on your brother.

Right now.

♥

Above The Rain