wings over-a-world divided

a perspective from above

wings over-a-world divided — Nov. 2024 — © darren harley

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a perspective from above

as we flutter
over-a-world
divided

• by faith
  by fear
  by fighting

• by feelings
  fissured
  and fractured

as we float
toward fields
aflame
with fallacious
fuckery

we have a choice

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Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Viktor Frankl, (1905 – 1997), Austrian psychologist, philosopher…

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floating toward fields aflame with fallacious fuckery — Nov. 2024 — © darren harley

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our power to choose our response

we can allow
our anger
and our hatred

to consume
the better angels
of our nature

we can fret
about the days
ahead
filled with doubt
and darkness

or

we can find
a way to flitter
forward
alight
with kindness
compassion
and love

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr., (1929 – 1968), American civil rights activist...

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flittering forward — Nov. 2024 — © darren harley

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light and love

these
are the times
for artists
poets
musicians
creatives
of all types

these
are the times
to stand up
to step forward
to defend
our fundamental
freedoms

these
are the times
for us to shine
our light
and our love

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between stimulus and response there is a space

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courageous conversations about the human condition

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