its a scary world

“listen: there’s a hell

of a good universe next door; let’s go”

― E.E. Cummings

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I want an alternate universe

really!

this one kind of sucks

at least at times

so much hate

anger

fear

so much failure

hurt

pain

sometimes you just want to roll over in bed

and hope to wake up

some place else

anywhere else

ah

but this life is what we are given

and yes

life is difficult

for everyone

we are in this together

our pain is a shared pain

echoed in a thousand

in a million

hearts and souls

but ours is also a shared strength

a shared hope

we are united by that Sacred Presence

in which we all live

and move

and have our being

it is a scary world out there

so take

my

hand

please?