#defiant optimism

choose defiant optimism instead! become part of the 3.5% needed to actively participate in a movement to create change!

i promise you that doing *something* will feel better than doing nothing at all. doing something, anything, will always feel better than hanging around online in comment sections spreading hopelessness.

join in, participate, be part of a community, volunteer (even if all you have the energy/time for is online!), let your actions match up with what you say your values are.

The sun shines bright,

Warm and golden,

Glimmering on my tears.

Though my heart may break,

Though my soul may quake,

Though my mind may whisper

Sweet poisons and lies,

I have found my strength,

I have found my pride,

I have found where my guiding light lies.

And as I scream my defiance

To a cold, broken world,

I smile, and cry, and dance, and shout

And reject all the lies that are bandied about

By peddlers of fear and agents of hate

Of a world that could be so much worse,

When they are the ones who made the curse.

I will cry, I will mourn,

For those who are gone

Who we cannot return,

And cannot ignore.

But even still,

With a laugh on my lips,

I will dance with their ghosts,

And remember their quips.

The sun is warm on my now dry face;

And though the day has only begun

I smile, and hum, and go on my way,