As a 66 year old transwoman, married to a cis female who knew who I was when she married me, has gone through everything required to be " a real girl", including correct birth certificate, driver's license, and everything else. Hey, my cis-female wife also has no ovaries or uterus, and is on hormone replacement therapy. LOL
A retired IT professional who made it into executive ranks, I am no better off once MAGA takes over, than a 15 year old transperson just starting out. My life could yet be turned upside down in a New York Minute, even out here in Arizona. Yet, if called upon, I will use my state's Stand Your Ground law as necessary. Just because I'm liberal doesn't mean I'm not also capable of defending myself and my loved ones. MAGA best not tread on me.
Oh, Honey... Hell hath no fury like a woman who waited 55 years to become who she always knew she was.
VOTE BLUE. Biden, Harris, whoever. UP ballot and down ballot. VOTE BLUE.
Oh my gosh, this is really, really good. You are very talented! Of course I hate the topic - and the truth of it. You are so on point. Thank you for sharing.
I would love to share this poem to a FB page, only with proper accreditation and your permission of course. The emotion, the energy, and the urgency needs to be read and listened to by a wider audience. Thank you for composing such moving words in these troubling times.
When a storm is at her apex she always brings a safe port and solid seas in the morn. We can’t lose sight . Not now when the stakes of our democracy is endangered.
As a 66 year old transwoman, married to a cis female who knew who I was when she married me, has gone through everything required to be " a real girl", including correct birth certificate, driver's license, and everything else. Hey, my cis-female wife also has no ovaries or uterus, and is on hormone replacement therapy. LOL
A retired IT professional who made it into executive ranks, I am no better off once MAGA takes over, than a 15 year old transperson just starting out. My life could yet be turned upside down in a New York Minute, even out here in Arizona. Yet, if called upon, I will use my state's Stand Your Ground law as necessary. Just because I'm liberal doesn't mean I'm not also capable of defending myself and my loved ones. MAGA best not tread on me.
Oh, Honey... Hell hath no fury like a woman who waited 55 years to become who she always knew she was.
VOTE BLUE. Biden, Harris, whoever. UP ballot and down ballot. VOTE BLUE.
BRAVA!!!! This Nevada “Battleborn“ chick isn’t to be messed with either ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎
Though I’m not American, l agree with every word you said!! That man scares me witless….
Thank you for your support, May.
You are very welcome Gloria. Ps lm not the only one.. from Ayr, Scotland…
𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍.
The light of hope, the spark of freedom will never die.
I am praying you are correct, Malcolm.
Oh my gosh, this is really, really good. You are very talented! Of course I hate the topic - and the truth of it. You are so on point. Thank you for sharing.
It helps to pour my feelings into words. It’s like letting the badness go-a little.
I would love to share this poem to a FB page, only with proper accreditation and your permission of course. The emotion, the energy, and the urgency needs to be read and listened to by a wider audience. Thank you for composing such moving words in these troubling times.
Please share my poem. Ask others to do so as well. It is vital that we reach out to one another. Silence will shackle us.
Excellently Written. 🇺🇲 VOTE PROTECT OUR FREEDOM 💪🙏💙
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚊
You have nailed it I feel sad when I read it but as they say the truth always hurts
It does hurt. Horribly.
I’ve lost my passion. I’ve lost my sense and “sensibility “ how did WE become subjected to overt pathology ….
𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜.
When a storm is at her apex she always brings a safe port and solid seas in the morn. We can’t lose sight . Not now when the stakes of our democracy is endangered.
༼ つ ◕◡◕ ༽つ
Gloria, this is masterful - tremendously creative and on point! You never cease to amaze and surprise. Dark Horizons is tremendous.
Leon, 🙏💙
Beautifully written, sadly true!
🙏 thank you
You've written a warning.
A prophetical poem.
Thank you Cassandra,
We all have your back.
𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜. (╥_╥)
It’s the new “Pity the Nation” - thank you
Thank you so much, Nancy.
Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran. It appears in his book "The Garden of the Prophet," published posthumously in 1933. My copy is dog-eared.
"Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave,
eats bread it does not harvest,
and drinks wine that flows not from its own winepress."
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” Is a favorite I’ve lived by…often vociferously!
My copy too.
( ˘ ³˘)♥︎
Fortunately my loved ones are dead, spared to live in this hopefully temporary shithole country.
Beautiful. I love reading your poems.
Spent my day in quest of rhyme to write
Your verse is ever more erudite.
My struggle to find the words ain’t fake
I’m a Mathematician for heavens sake.
Poetry and Math are constant companions. There is a beat, a number to rhyme that I count. Syllables counts are critically important for balance.
Agreed. I did, in fact, spend an inordinate amount of time composing two lines. Music and math are inexorably linked as well.
One of my top 3 Gloria poems!
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚊. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝.
Love all of the references in this - eyes open, swallow the truth with a shot of reality x
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸 𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝.