Bully,
manipulate,
threaten,
harm,
twist,
turn,
and try
to silence
and suppress.
This is the way
of souls
who live
in a world
of subtle savagery,
where to succeed
is to dismantle
the other with
a butcher’s
sharpened knife.
But I choose to live
above this world of id,
and I want to step out
and say that this kingdom,
fashioned and
carved from fear,
is not my way;
and that
there is another path:
formed in kindness,
compassion,
giving,
and the potential
for a community
where everyone is visible
and fear dissolves
in the open sweetness of love.
10/8/2018