Gimme a minute - Part 1

There's a ringing in my ears : My eyes stinging with tears
I race to the seaside - my place of peace: all i feel is panic and a dreadful unease
Try to keep it serene: BAU for the company video screen
Gotta still earn my bread and get to bed : gotta keep myself fed but still the dread
I'm sticking sand in the sacks:  Cementing all the cracks
Keeping people's chins up  (smile!):  Tell them it's 1/2 filled cups (meanwhile!)
Buy into delusional goals : Gonna thrive and save some lowly souls
Going to be stronger than ever : gonna run, eat, work, sleep more than never
I'm putting on my emergency gear : mask and gloves and facing the fear
Gathering family their food and I think: I'm keeping everyone from the brink.

"I can't breathe."  George Perry Floyd Jr. said "I can't breathe."
He was 46 years old : When the nation began to seethe.
We are the same generation : Albeit one with segregation.
I imagine simple things we felt common, agreed on too.
I also understand though by and large the opposite is true.

And here's where the story takes a turn.
I crashed and burned.
Suddenly I'm waking up in the morning.
And I'm in mourning.
I'm just in mourning.
I'm just in mourning.
I'm just in mourning.

The sun rises.
The cursor blinks.
The news blares.
And the sun goes up and down.
Repeat,  Rinse. Repeat.

Amen, AOC

Blazing the trail. 1920: Women (with some but few male allies) bravely fought for the right for women (mostly white) to vote in a national election. Black women were also legally entitled by the 19th Amendment to vote by but were denied those voting rights in many Southern states until 1965 (and beyond...) through various barriers and with full consent of the governments and those who governed those Southern states (and let’s face it...likely in ALL states.) Faced with intimidation, verbal and physical assault - it was often life or death to vote. Or just safer physically and mentally not to. 2020: So hearing Rep Ted Yoho (R-FL) verbally assault and intimidate AOC made me think about what its must felt like, feel like for these women who have to stand up all the time. Stand up to threats, anger and intimidation. Stand up. Instead of standing shoulder to shoulder without searching for the next threat. Instead of rightly taking the seat you so well-deserve. The seat you fought for and won. I hear you. I’m listening. I’ll fight alongside you. And women - black, white, trans...if you respect people, science, economics, and public education and believe in taking care of our veterans. Black Live Matter, LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 rights and civil rights...I will vote for you.