Day Seventeen: 01/17/2021

 8:00 pm
Intentions

Sometimes
When you've been taken

It's hard

To find the strength

To give

The world

Feels depleted

Right now

Our country

In particular

The virus

Took our health

The politicians

Took our trust

The systemic racism

Took our peace of mind

So now is when

We find the beauty

We find the helpers

We let love

Fill us up

And we give

All that goodness

Back to our community

And so

From this place of emptiness

I make the intention

To fill my cup with love

With kindness

With graciousness

With gratitude

And as I fill myself

With this beautiful side

Of being human

I make the intention

To return it

To every place

There is a void

To everyone

Who needs a refill

I will remind

Myself and others

That every new day

Can be more beautiful

Than the last

And every moment

Can change the course

Of our story

If we maintain strength enough

To steer it toward the light