Poetry as Witness

My heart now broken
Grace within the brutalized
Within all this? Hope!

I finally listened to this story this evening. This gem comes from the CBC. 

The Indian schools were a period of unmitigated evil. It breaks my heart to see the savagey with which we were delighted to 

Love Is All You Need

​Love is all you need
Against rampant cruelty
Bigotry destroys 


Cultural brutality destroys beauty. I found this video powerful, disturbing and thoughtful.  I present to you: “Love Is All You Need”, exploring sexuality, bullying, and the social pressure to conform. 
https://youtu.be/3ROXTFfkcfo

I don’t understand trolls or bullies 

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p style=”font-family:"”>I don’t understand

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p style=”font-family:"”>The drive for savage cruelty 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Life’s brutal enough 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Internet trolls puzzle me greatly. What do they seem to accomplish? What is their goal? It just seems so much easier to build others up than tear them down.