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I am not strong now, but I will be stronger: Open letter, day after.

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We stayed up hoping for a miracle.


Time for deep reflection.
I can't believe how out of touch I am with this country,


Where I see myself going is really cleaning up my act.
Centering, self-care,
stronger praying and reaching out.


This country is way overdue for a new skin.


I hope you and your loved-ones
are in a good space as the dust clears.
I think of times when I lived through the terms of terrible presidents,
and they were times of soul-searching
and expanded creativity for me.
And they were times of invaluable shadow-work,
of shedding old skin. I think this is going to be like that.
I feel like I'm on a spiral, coming around again,


I'm not strong now,
But I will be stronger.


Evolving.


And I am more aware than ever
that I am in good company!


Stay close.

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Gary Lindorff is a poet, writer, blogger and author of five nonfiction books, three collections of poetry, "Children to the Mountain", "The Last recurrent Dream" (Two Plum Press), "Conversations with Poetry (coauthored with Tom Cowan), and (more...)
 

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This is lovely, Gary, thank you!

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Thanks, I worked hard on it. I needed to puzzle out what I wanted to communicate. I feel it is important.

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"“We cannot close our eyes to any form of racism or exclusion, while pretending to defend the sacredness of every human life.”"
       -- Pope Francis

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Very thoughtful and thought-provoking, Gary. Impressive.

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Well done, my friend. Thank you for this.

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