Topic Tags: democracy

A reflection for this season of rupture, reckoning, and return.

“Roses bloom in radiant resistance / Dandelions scatter like wild prayers…”

“We grieve the indifference to / the hunger and need of millions…”

“If you look at the Constitution and the government and yawn…”

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer shares a prayer for Rev. Budde who spoke at the inaugural prayer service.

“Speaking is my right. / and until someone takes my voice, / I will continue to speak.”

“The only relief from the sentence we gave ourselves: /Community, compassion, and justice.”

“We can move mountains of hate and rage, recrimination and retribution, toward détente, and finally, equality, understanding, and the love we all deserve to feel.”

“Realize democracy’s gleaming promise!”

“may we atone our sins / and learn to embrace life, and each other, once again…”