{random poetry #129}
Life! I know not what thou art,
But know that thou and I must part;
And when, or how, or where we met
I own to me’s a secret yet.
Life! we’ve been long together,
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;
‘Tis hard to part when friends are dear -
Perhaps ’twill cost a sigh, a tear;
- Then steal away, give little warning,
Choose thine own time;
Say not Good-night - but in some brighter clime
Bid me Good-morning.
Barbauld, A.L. (1743-1825)
“Privileged people are building lifestyles on espousing “Law of Attraction“ type spiritual beliefs, and sharing them with dogmatic insistence. There is an aggressive, holier-than-thou approach that prevails in this behavior. “We create our own reality.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “What you put out is what you attract.” These are isolating, damaging, victim-blaming thoughts to distribute to people who have endured trauma or suffering as a result of societal madness and centuries-old oppression. These types of beliefs are homogenizing: they assume a shared life experience background of privilege. Having privilege is emphasized as the norm. Espousing these beliefs reinforces hegemony: keeping those with privilege in a state of dominance over others. This thinking promotes attitudes of entitlement and assumes that having privilege is the “correct” way to be.”
Virginia Rosenberg, in Converting Hidden Spiritual Racism Into Sacred Activism: An Open Letter To Spiritual White Folks
{random poetry #128}
won’t you celebrate with me
won’t you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
Clifton, L. (1936-2010)
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