Realization (a poem)
For all my life I tried my best to meet your expectations, to fit into your world, to be loved.
For all my life I tried my best to meet your expectations, to fit into your world, to be loved.
So many saw it coming but ignored the warning signs. (a follow-up to my 2016 poem The Coming Storm)
The changes happen over the course of years until, one day, we notice a difference in our very makeup.
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Foreign governments, bots, trolls, scammers, and paid actors are attempting and, in some cases, succeeding in undermining our country by further dividing us.
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In light of recent events, I thought I’d come clean and share… My Trans Agenda.
Surrounded by people, blind to the tension. This patchwork relationship, this marriage of convenience, is falling apart.
Just when I think I’m at a point where I’m okay and can finally start moving forward, someone casually or incendiarily hurls those three words, burning me to the core.
We have all known the narcissistic bully on the playground. For those of us who have lived long enough to see how those stories pan out, we have seen the pain, fear, and self-doubt that many of those bullies were dealing with under the surface.
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As someone who believes in God and who tries to follow the teachings of Jesus, it pains me to say this but…
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