Too much.
About things I need to save and things I need to get rid of.
About what I did and what I did not do.
About what needs done.
About saving and losing.
So much about saving and losing, lately.
I write some of the words down ... maybe so they will leave me, but then I read them and there they are again ...
with me
saved forever
not in thoughts
but in words
written
so I write more ...
I've written a million words
and not nearly enough
to rid thoughts
to save my mind
for anything, really
other than ramblings of a mind that seldom settles
a mind that wakes at night
pondering always what to save and what to get rid of
I walked by a bathroom at Target today
I wondered who was allowed in and who was not
Then I remembered
Everyone is allowed in
Tonight I ponder what to do if Texas passes laws, as it suggests it will, that will harm people
Laws of unfairness
Laws dividing so many people
Laws I fear will harm my child
What will I do?
I think it is good I write so many words
I will write someone
Maybe everyone
About what and who needs to be saved and what needs to be rid of
Maybe my words will be heard, maybe not
but ...
I will write them
until I am heard
It's a ridiculous fight - this fight over bathrooms
but my child has rights
and if others insist on attempting to trample the rights of my child and those like him
then I will stand by him
on the right side
of this harmful battle
that refuses him his freedom.
I never knew I would find myself fighting so many damn wrongs in this world. I never knew I was bringing my children into a world filled with so much hatred ...
#ChrisILoveYou
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