Tagged: survive

despite all of the

despite all of the
violence and terror, we are
still coaxing things to

grow – more new life, more prospects
for something worth surviving
.
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meeting mom after

meeting mom after
she’s lost her
sister, her first
best friend, we forget
for a moment, and then
even longer –
the immigrants’ first line
of defense, for self-
preservation –
because of distance,
because of borders,
because of not seeing,
because of
learning to believe
differently to survive,
because feeling
anything other than
gratitude
is a luxury
.
20230816:2325
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two out of nine times,

two out of nine times,
i imagine the people
living inside the

homes we pass on our way to
here and there, trying to thrive
.
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some things don’t survive

some things don’t survive
past winter – the remnant of
last year’s sun star points

its cold fingers at us, an
accusatory protrusion
.
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just surviving is

just surviving is
hard enough without figuring
out how we can thrive
.
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we step into the

we step into the
unknown, only knowing that the
cartographer’s work

is long done, but there’s no legend
for what we can and will survive
.
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years of practicing

years of practicing
empathy just to survive –
these makeshift feelings
.
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mom’s miniature

mom’s miniature
roses survived after all
these years, countless tries

later, now out back fending for
themselves against wandering deer
.
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we survive by the

we survive by the
luck of the draw, debating
what to eat instead

of are we able to eat, and
what would we have to give up?
.
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not having enough

not having enough
hot chocolate to survive
another snowstorm –

first world problems in the nth
degree, buried in disregard
.
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