Contrasting Cruelty and Beauty: A Morning Haiku

Cruelty is easy 

Creating beauty? Hard work 

This is my focus 

Poetry as Witness

My heart now broken
Grace within the brutalized
Within all this? Hope!

I finally listened to this story this evening. This gem comes from the CBC. 

The Indian schools were a period of unmitigated evil. It breaks my heart to see the savagey with which we were delighted to 

Thought of the Day: Ambition

Ambition can be savagely cruel, especially to those we love.

When we lose sight of the important, of what gives us life, even if we remain alive, we aren’t living.

Love Is All You Need

​Love is all you need
Against rampant cruelty
Bigotry destroys 


Cultural brutality destroys beauty. I found this video powerful, disturbing and thoughtful.  I present to you: “Love Is All You Need”, exploring sexuality, bullying, and the social pressure to conform. 
https://youtu.be/3ROXTFfkcfo

I don’t understand trolls or bullies 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Internet trolls puzzle me greatly. What do they seem to accomplish? What is their goal? It just seems so much easier to build others up than tear them down. 

Self Cruelty 


I hate my mistakes
For I expect perfection
Savage to myself
I exhibit no kindness
This is not a healthy thing  

Crafting Misery

Joyously brutal
Sinister satisfaction
Crushing all delight