{"id":610,"date":"2024-10-19T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T17:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2026-03-12T03:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:39:03","slug":"elementor-page-610","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justcareforall.life\/?page_id=610","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 3, Drowning Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0<\/p>

I stood before the behemoth gates.<\/p>

Their rusty hinges squeaked as they opened.<\/p>

Behind me: vanishing ligaments of light.<\/p>

There, in front of me: utter darkness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I cannot prevent anyone from\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

getting angry, or mad, or frustrated,<\/p>

I can only hope that they’ll turn that<\/p>

anger and frustration<\/span><\/p>

and madness into something positive.<\/span><\/p>

–Harvey Milk. 1930-1978.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Start where you are.\u00a0Use what your have.<\/span><\/p>

Do what you can.<\/p>

–Arthur Ashe. 1943-1993<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Last wave smacked my back,<\/span><\/p>

flung me across its threshold.<\/span><\/p>

Splat. Landed face-flat.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In exile,<\/p>

inside the still open gaits,\u00a0<\/p>

still ankle deep, in the pitchy sea,<\/p>

I stood still, afraid, trembling in the cold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In this intolerable state, doubt,<\/p>

the vengeful eliminator of possibility,<\/p>

descended ‘n assassinated ambition.<\/p>

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I searched for a safe place<\/p>

but in the pitch-black dark<\/p>

at high tide of sensory deprivation,<\/p>

there was no high ground to be had.<\/p>

I dreaded my fate and regretted my failures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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After great pain, a formal feeling comes–<\/p>\n

The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs–<\/p>\n

The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore,<\/p>\n

And yesterday, or Centuries before?<\/p>\n

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The Feet, mechanical, go round–<\/p>\n

Of ground, or Air or Ought–<\/p>\n

A Wooden way Regardless grown,<\/p>\n

A quartz contentment, like a stone–<\/p>\n

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This is the Hour of Lead–<\/p>\n

Remember, if outlived,<\/p>\n

As Freezing persons recollect the Snow–<\/p>\n

First–Chill–then Stupor–then letting go.<\/p>\n

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When asked if I am pessimistic\u00a0<\/p>

or optimistic about the future<\/p>

my answer is always the same:<\/p>

If you look at the science<\/p>

my answer is always the same:<\/p>

If you look at the science<\/p>

about what is happening on earth<\/p>

and aren’t pessimistic,<\/p>

you don’t understand data.<\/p>

But if you meet the people who are working<\/p>

to restore this earth and the lives of the poor,<\/p>

and you aren’t optimistic,<\/p>

you haven’t got a pulse.<\/p>

What I see everywhere in the world<\/p>

are ordinary people willing to confront<\/p>

despair, power, and incalculable odds<\/p>

in order to restore some semblance of<\/p>

grace, justice, and beauty to this world.<\/p>

–Paul Hawkins. Born 1946.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Suddenly, in revocation,<\/span><\/p>\n

an undercurrent grabbed my ankles<\/p>\n

‘n dragged me back out.<\/p>\n

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Tossed about<\/p>\n

the raging sea of tar.<\/p>\n

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Sucked under; warm,<\/p>\n

seductive ‘n suffocating.<\/p>\n

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Sunk, deeper down to the frigid level.<\/p>\n


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At the bottom of the deep trough<\/span><\/p>\n

of an unfamiliar cycle of pain.<\/p>\n

As the 3-D waltz of precess<\/p>\n

led me to spiritual death,<\/p>\n

dichotomous options appeared:<\/p>\n

I could succumb ‘n become a sycophant<\/p>\n

to the state<\/p>\n

‘n enlist in its army to oppress<\/p>\n

other designated, “Contaminants.”<\/p>\n

Or, I could die.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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A barely perceptible feeling,<\/p>\n

like faint Morse Code,<\/p>\n

tapped my intuition,<\/p>\n

my bridge of hope.<\/p>\n

Sensual noise tuned-out,<\/p>\n

I used my sixth sense to feel<\/p>\n

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When you see something that is not just,<\/p>\n

not fair, or not right, <\/p>\n

you have to say something.<\/p>\n

Make a little noise. <\/p>\n

It’s time for us to get into good trouble, necessary trouble.<\/p>\n

–John Lewis. 1940-2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pick up the battle <\/p>\n

and make a better world<\/p>\n

Just where you are.<\/p>\n

–Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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It isn’t enough to talk about peace.<\/p>\n

One must believe in it.<\/p>\n

And it isn’t enough to believe in it.<\/p>\n

One must work at it.<\/p>\n

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Submerged, I remembered:<\/span><\/p>\n

During the purge of equity ‘n integrity,<\/p>\n

Lady Justice ‘n her advocates were attacked.<\/p>\n

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Her wards, Love and Abundance, were undone;<\/p>\n

all hearts shattered ‘n infinity fractured.<\/p>\n

Yet, Lady Justice strove to the very end<\/p>\n

to emit her vital call for all to heed.<\/p>\n

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Words of hope spiraled forth,<\/span><\/p>\n

which enraged her adversary<\/p>\n

who struck, strangled and slashed.<\/p>\n

Yet, they could not stop her call to all:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Carry-on the 400 years<\/p>\n

of hard work and forever strive<\/p>\n

to fulfill our pledge<\/p>\n

for a just democracy<\/p>\n

that serves us all, timely and equally.<\/p>\n

Our Life-Care services fail when those sworn<\/p>\n

to lead, teach, feed, build, mend and protect,<\/p>\n

instead, harm us.<\/p>\n

We must overcome our failures,<\/p>\n

build true equity, advance social justice,<\/p>\n

if we are to heal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What are the American ideals?<\/p>\n

They are the development of the individual <\/p>\n

for his own and the common good; <\/p>\n

the development of the individual through liberty; <\/p>\n

and the attainment of the common good <\/p>\n

through democracy and social justice.<\/p>\n

–Louis D. Brandeis. 1856-1941.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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All at once,\u00a0someone SLAPPED me.\u00a0<\/span>What the …?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Awaken to your tertiary trajectory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Youthful cynicism is sad to observe, <\/p>\n

because it indicates<\/p>

not so much knowledge learned from the bitter experience<\/p>

as insufficient trust to even attempt the future. <\/span><\/p>\n

–Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless.<\/p>

There is too much work to do.<\/p>

–Dorothy Day. 1897-1980.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Bug off.<\/span><\/p>

I am outta here;<\/span><\/p>

drowning out is better than livin’ in<\/span><\/p>

Senseless-motionless-breathless-thoughtless<\/span><\/p>

world awash in a frenzy of fear.<\/span><\/p>

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I sunk, willingly, wantonly.<\/span><\/p>

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WAM. A second WACK of a SMACK!\u00a0Ooooouch!<\/span><\/p>

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Realize your Resilienc<\/i>e<\/p>\n

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It is your power<\/span><\/p>

to rebalance<\/p>

to restore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk,<\/p>\n

if you can’t walk then crawl,<\/p>\n

but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Peace is the opposite of dreaming.<\/p>\n

It’s built slowly and surely <\/p>\n

through brutal compromises <\/p>\n

and tiny victories that you don’t even see.<\/p>\n

It’s a messy business,<\/p>\n

bringing peace into this world.<\/p>\n

–Bono. Born 1960. <\/p>\n

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Behold the third trajectory of pain.<\/p>\n

Monitor your sinusoidal wave.<\/p>\n

Meter it. Modulate it.<\/p>\n

Restrain its troughs.<\/p>\n

Temper its crests.<\/p>\n

As the wave subsides,<\/p>\n

You come back to life,<\/p>\n

Inside and out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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It took a very<\/p>\n

long time for him<\/p>\n

to re-see the truth<\/p>\n

to re-hear the truth<\/p>\n

to re-trust the truth<\/p>\n

to re-believe in the truth<\/p>\n

to re-learn how to share the truth.<\/p>\n

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This is what happened:<\/p>\n

It is the frontline in the battle<\/p>\n

of love over hate over vengeance;<\/p>\n

it is true.<\/p>\n


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Now, let us get him to come back up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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If your Nerve, deny you<\/span><\/p>

Go above your Nerve<\/span><\/p>

He can lean against you<\/span><\/p>

He can lean against the grave<\/span><\/p>

If he fear to swerve<\/span><\/p>


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That’s a steady posture<\/span><\/p>

Never any bend<\/span><\/p>

Held of those Brass arms<\/span><\/p>

Best Giant made.<\/span><\/p>


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If your soul seesaw<\/span><\/p>

Lift the flesh door<\/span><\/p>

that Poltroon wants Oxygen<\/span><\/p>

–Emily Dickinson. 1830-1886.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Past: Rupturia Chapter 3: Drowning Me Resilence is the Salve for Our Injuries \u00a0 I stood before the behemoth gates. Their rusty hinges squeaked as they opened. Behind me: vanishing ligaments of light. There, in front of me: utter darkness. \u00a0 I cannot prevent anyone from\u00a0 getting angry, or mad, or frustrated, I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive. –Harvey Milk. 1930-1978. \u00a0 Start where you are.\u00a0Use what your have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe. 1943-1993 \u00a0 Last wave smacked my back, flung me across its threshold. Splat. Landed face-flat. \u00a0 In exile, inside the still open gaits,\u00a0 still ankle deep, in the pitchy sea, I stood still, afraid, trembling in the cold.\u00a0 In this intolerable state, doubt, the vengeful eliminator of possibility, descended ‘n assassinated ambition. \u00a0 I searched for a safe place but in the pitch-black dark at high tide of sensory deprivation, there was no high ground to be had. I dreaded my fate and regretted my failures. After great pain, a formal feeling comes– The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs– The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And yesterday, or Centuries before? The Feet, mechanical, go round– Of ground, or Air or Ought– A Wooden way Regardless grown, A quartz contentment, like a stone– This is the Hour of Lead– Remember, if outlived, As Freezing persons recollect the Snow– First–Chill–then Stupor–then letting go. –Emily Dickinson. 1830-1886. \u00a0 When asked if I am pessimistic\u00a0 or optimistic about the future my answer is always the same: If you look at the science my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world. –Paul Hawkins. Born 1946.\u00a0 Suddenly, in revocation, an undercurrent grabbed my ankles ‘n dragged me back out. Tossed about the raging sea of tar. Sucked under; warm, seductive ‘n suffocating. Sunk, deeper down to the frigid level. At the bottom of the deep trough of an unfamiliar cycle of pain. As the 3-D waltz of precess led me to spiritual death, dichotomous options appeared: I could succumb ‘n become a sycophant to the state ‘n enlist in its army to oppress other designated, “Contaminants.” Or, I could die.   A barely perceptible feeling, like faint Morse Code, tapped my intuition, my bridge of hope. Sensual noise tuned-out, I used my sixth sense to feel or to hear some … any … thing? When you see something that is not just, not fair, or not right,  you have to say something. Make a little noise.  It’s time for us to get into good trouble, necessary trouble. –John Lewis. 1940-2020. Pick up the battle  and make a better world Just where you are. –Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014. It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. –Eleanor Roosevelt. 1884-1962. Submerged, I remembered: During the purge of equity ‘n integrity, Lady Justice ‘n her advocates were attacked. Her wards, Love and Abundance, were undone; all hearts shattered ‘n infinity fractured. Yet, Lady Justice strove to the very end to emit her vital call for all to heed.   Words of hope spiraled forth, which enraged her adversary who struck, strangled and slashed. Yet, they could not stop her call to all: Carry-on the 400 years of hard work and forever strive to fulfill our pledge for a just democracy that serves us all, timely and equally. Our Life-Care services fail when those sworn to lead, teach, feed, build, mend and protect, instead, harm us. We must overcome our failures, build true equity, advance social justice, if we are to heal. What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual  for his own and the common good;  the development of the individual through liberty;  and the attainment of the common good  through democracy and social justice. –Louis D. Brandeis. 1856-1941. \u00a0 All at once,\u00a0someone SLAPPED me.\u00a0What the …? Awaken to your tertiary trajectory. Youthful cynicism is sad to observe,  because it indicates not so much knowledge learned from the bitter experience as insufficient trust to even attempt the future.  –Dr. Maya Angelou. 1928-2014. \u00a0 No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do. –Dorothy Day. 1897-1980. \u00a0 Bug off. I am outta here; drowning out is better than livin’ in Senseless-motionless-breathless-thoughtless world awash in a frenzy of fear. V V V I sunk, willingly, wantonly. Waiting to drown in the briny. \u00a0 WAM. A second WACK of a SMACK!\u00a0Ooooouch! What do you want? Realize your Resilience (This was their first gift to me.) Get on with you. I am checkin’ out. Do not waste it. \u00a0 It is your power to rebalance to restore. If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968 Peace is the opposite of dreaming. It’s built slowly and surely  through brutal compromises  and tiny victories that you don’t even see. It’s a messy business, bringing peace into this world. –Bono. Born 1960.  Behold the third trajectory of pain. Monitor your sinusoidal wave. Meter it. Modulate it. Restrain its troughs. Temper its crests. As the wave subsides, You come back to life, Inside and out. 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