It’s Not Okay—And It’s Happening Every Day
It’s not okay.
It’s never okay.
And yet it happens everyday.
Isn’t this why we go numb?
Isn’t this why we give up?
It’s not okay
It’s never okay
And yet we all have to survive
We’re all taught to value our independence
To get more
To be great
To have more
To seek privilege always
To protect our own
Some people live with injustice everyday
They see death everyday
See heartbreak everyday
Feel unsafe
every
day
Some people see it streamed onto their phones
Feel it’s happening to them
Take it personal
Take it into their heart
Are outraged by injustice
Are disgusted by the reality other people are living with
every
day
They step out and go to protests
They read books to educate themselves
They post on social media flooding their feed hoping others will see it and be just as outraged
They learn it’s more complicated
It’s all more complex
The religious wars
The violence
The undocumented
The hate crimes
The insidiousness brain washing of white supremacy
And yet our humanness knows
It’s not okay to separate families
It’s never okay to rip babies from their mothers
It’s not okay to put people in isolation camps
It’s never okay to treat humans like animals
And yet it’s happening
every
day
Somewhere in this world
It’s not okay to take away a woman’s right to her body autonomy and yet it happens
every
day
So we go numb
We freeze
We medicate
We give up
Or
We fight
We protest
We educate
We organize
And we pray
Oh god do we pray for a better future for our babies.
Ooh Child by MILCK
Love always,
Danielle Mallett
