Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
a special person
It takes a special person to stay with it
Actively organizing doing whatever it takes
Always answering the call to mobilize
Engaged all life long in the struggle for liberation
The passion of youth sustained over the decades
Grown in wisdom gained through experience
Now you mentor new faces coming to the party
Infusing them with your revolutionary optimism
Politics is a personal experience for you
Moved to demonstrate for Palestinian rights
Outspoken in solidarity with all oppressed people
Living in the midst of LGBTQ pride celebration
A class consciousness awareness of the world
Understanding racism sexism and homophobia
Combining acute analysis with angry condemnation
These qualities make you a steadfast comrade
After all you have done for so many years
You deserve to give yourself credit for being true
So accept these words of praise into your inner self
Knowing you are a really good person
Monday, March 1, 2021
the possible you
She who can bake sweet creations from scratch
Who can inscribe beautiful free form fonts for fun
Whose spirit soars when hiking in nature
There is a person happy within herself
She who contributes generously to help others
Who volunteers to maintain a woodland trail
Who shows kind consideration and empathy
There is a person giving of herself
Everyone has their circumstances to contend with
The challenges faced growing up and as an adult
Navigating family school work and relationships
Influencing and informing the choices we make
You have the insight to determine your own way
The skills to be successful in so many venues
The experience of being an effective teacher
That will make you better at whatever you do
Not everything works out as we hoped
When everything contains its opposite
But the whole world is out there ready for you
To explore and become the possible you
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