07/26/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Kevin Bückert

I did not leave because
I thought the situation was hopeless.

I did not leave because
I thought things would continue how they have.

I did not leave because
There’s nothing left for me to learn here.

I did not leave because
I wasn’t willing to try.

The world is big
And sometimes you must expand
To come back
And see the war
As the squabble that it really is.

Blast from the past:

Targets on my head
Cannot bring me to my knees
I cast my shadow.