Hate is Human

 Judging is part of the human condition.  Depending on our background, everyone has biases.  Most of us try to eradicate them.  We certainly don't act on our biases.  When one of us does, it is called a hate crime.

One of my town's writing community, jamele adams, has been a victim of a hate crime.  Jamele is the director of diversity, equity and inclusion, for the town of Scituate. A makeshift tombstone with jamele's name on it, was found on a beach in Scituate.

This is just crazy.  Jamele's motto is e “always we, never me” . Why would a town employee cause someone to do this, especially one whose job is to spread love?  As I said, everyone has prejudice to one degree or another, but to act on it?  That takes a higher degree of prejudice than is normal.

We're supporting jamele.  

Poetry Workshop

 Today I went to a poetry workshop with Jamele Adams.  We wrote some haiku and then he rapped a poem and we had to respond.  Guess what.  It was fun.  Here's the group.

Believe

Evil is the dragon. Where is St. George?

Perhaps the slayer hasn't been born.
Perhaps she needs to be bred
             or nurtured, to be fed
     a diet of
            righteousness
            goodness
            faith
            love
            kindness
            wisdom
            strength
All the virtues needed to slay evil.

A sword to keep the pain away:
    the pain of
          worry
          failure
          sickness
          death

DEATH!  Death, you didn't win!
Death, where is your victory?

Death is birth!
Every death is a rebirth.
The forever yields to the new.

The evil dragon is slain and a new hope triumps!
Because light is stronger than night.

Pain ends.
Peace starts.

Hate yields to understanding.
Understanding leads to love.

Love will give birth to the dragon slayer.