#shitshow2020

I know the world looks ugly. I see darkness around every corner and despair in every crack and yet. I see more. I see us. Because when the world turned to darkness we decided to create light. We yanked hope out of the ground, screamed for mercy as the pain grew to be too much. We didn’t stop. We found mercy, carved out places for others to rest when the darkness was too deep. We raised hope like a battle flag. A beacon for those buried. A symbol of what we could become. I watched us clasp hands, watched us decide sacrifice wasn’t worth it anymore. Watched us stand up to fight. And we did. We reached out hands. We shared our resources. We wrote songs and stories. We made art. We lifted up tales from the battlefield and people who risked it all and we made something beautiful. I watched us stumble to our feet and scream until the darkness shrunk back in our light. I watched us fight. And sometimes we lost. Sometimes it was too heavy and too hard and sometimes we gave up the fight. Yet I see us. And I see us rise, because the world may be ugly but we are here to make it beautiful again.

Just me & my beers 🍻