A Haiku About Self-Confidence

For many people
Confidence is so fragile
Damaging our hope
I hope your Wednesday brings you joy, and realization of your uniquely wonderful gifts. 

The dialog of invective

I refuse
  This dialog
   Of invective;
Demeaning
   And
     Devaluing
       Each other
For I believe
In community;
Society:
  It’s what
    Enables
     Humanity
      To thrive;
To survive

Growing beyond surviving

Anyone who seeks to turn
Trauma and horrors’ emotional energy
Towards compassion and kindness
Embraces the deepest wisdom.

Our culture has a dearth of love.
I applaud all those who
Long to grow that seed.

The need is great.