i
woke
up
A N G R Y
today.
over 55 dead in bombings in iraq. the deadliest day in over a month. - 4 dead in u.s. drone attacks in pakistan. - ongoing hunger strike in guantanamo leave inmates nearly corpsed. - capitalism exploiting bodies, neoliberalism exporting displacement and occupation binding movement.cue rage:
how dare you mourn the loss of the lives taken on your soil of red, white and blue
while you wage war on every land and people with skin of melanin
while our dead lay nameless
killed by
your police
your policies
your capitalism
your justice
while you remain patriot to a flag that hungers for power
while you carry gandhi posters, peace signs and chant
“YES WE CAN”?
.
how dare you call us
evil, violent and inherently suspect
after you’ve
gunned down,
bombed,
starved
and tortured
our mothers,
our fathers,
our families,
our people,
our land.
.
how dare you take away my ability to
grieve?
i lay awake
angry
heartbroken
for just as you
do not mourn
the loss of
our people
by your patriotism,
i can no longer
mourn the loss of
yours.
—
today i mourn self
for i have lost something too:
a mind that moves beyond the comparison of suffering
and a heart open so wide that it can hold the pain of
all who suffer.
in the process of being 
Please watch Bertrand Russell’s message to the future on http://www.youtube.com ( it is less then two minutes long )
hey love,
thanks for thinkin to send this to me. the link takes me to the homepage of youtube not to anything by bertrand russell. resend if you wish :)
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I like… very much. Tanky
Beautiful. Thank you.
I find it hard to emphasis with death and violence that happens in the USA, mostly because of the reason you have highlighted – USA military action in foreign countries (but also the stupidity of allowing every person the opportunity to have guns as well as the horrible lack of social welfare). I also find it hard because I feel the pressure of the USA media infiltrating my country – trying to make NZ buy into the “American Dream” – this dream is an illusion and is built on the suffering of others.
Oh, don’t let NZ go the way of the US! Never lose sight of the values and way of life you have; don’t let us (I’m a troubled American) pollute you!
right? the concept of the american dream is vomited all over the world. it creates such divisions, such stunningly false narratives, it gives folks within our borders and outside of them hope that everyone can have what the capitalists have. but if that was the case, we wouldnt have capitalism- that only exists under the framework of have and have nots, privileged and deprivileged, oppressor and the oppressed. so the only way of having the american dream is to smash capitalism, borders and these fucked up ways of relating to each other.
yes, the American dream is vomited all over the world….and so many people IN America are never given the opportunity to achieve the “American Dream,” it’s a joke.
I feel you, but you are not alone.
thanks love, i appreciate that. ain’t it a trip the feeling of isolation we can feel because our feelings, our identities and our struggle aren’t reflected back to us? the more i build community, heal what can be healed and organize to heal what i cannot yet heal by myself, the more my feelings of isolation break a part.
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Beautifully-written. May your writing speak to the souls of empathetic people of all shades.
What is your name? I am using your poem for a class presentation and would like to give you the appropriate credit. Thanks,
hey manu,
that’s dope that you’re doing that. what class is it for? would love to know your thoughts and analysis of it.
anywho, hope it goes well, love.
and my name’s aneeta :) nice to kinda meet you.
this is beautiful. absolutely beautiful. brought tears to my eyes. thank you for this. thank you for being able to say what a lot of find difficult to say.
Thank You. Such truth and art.