On Community

Community,

a chosen family.

A web of threads,
weaving us together.
Interconnected,
From one heart to another. 

Creating the future,
through a shared collective vision,
we dare to dream together.

We gather to create,
and in that creation,
lives complexity.

We each carry our own truths,
our own colors,
our own ways of seeing,
and ways of being.

That’s the beauty,
and the challenge.

I believe the future depends on this:
how well we can build
peaceful, harmonious communities.

This is the work.
This IS the work. 

If we don’t do it,
if we keep turning away,
the same patterns of the past
will continue to echo forward.

History repeats itself,
until we break those chains.

When we come closer,
triggers will arise.
Shadows may surface too.

This is natural,
as we become mirrors for one another.

Reflecting what’s unspoken,
what’s unhealed.

The question is:
What will we do
with what we see?

Can we hold space
for one another? 
Can we love the darkness
in each other?
Can we remember, always,
the light we each carry inside?

Let us radiate that light.
Let us come together,
and create,
in unity and in harmony.

Let us break down the old paradigms
and build something new.
Something more whole.

The power is here now,
within us.

Remember your why. 

Let us hold this power,
let us cherish it,
let us shine it,

so bright. 

And so it is,
So mote it be.