Alfonso Jaimes
Bio
Father of two boys, Jett and Cole. I am developing my creativity and love for poetry and story telling. I hope that I bring value to this community, and I am grateful for the opportunity.
Stories (2/0)
The Land that I live in is weird
Millions of years ago early man lived a life of fear. Fear of not finding shelter, fear of not being clothed, fear of not eating, or fear how to kill the food , fear of dying from insects and animals above and below. Fear ruled their existence. Fast forward to present day. This world we live in is weird, because we still live in fear. The land I live in, the people that inhabit it, the words we use, the opinions we hold are all based in fear.
By Alfonso Jaimes3 years ago in Humans
My Response to the Killing of George Floyd
I was angery and I was sick with worry about what was going on in the country around the time that George Floyd was killed. I had emersed myself into social media at the detriment of my sanity. I did not want to see the video for fear of my own rage. I was afraid of what I would do, of what I would feel. A couple of weeks later I was reading a testimony of a bystander and there was a link. A little blue “here” link at the end of the sentence and I pushed it, and all of a sudden I was watching the murder of George Floyd. I know the word was that he was a criminal or that he was a bad person. I tried to rationalize it in my head to take race out of it, but now I am watching the brashness of the officer and the cries for help. and now I am angery. I am in rage, and I don’t know what to do. The following is what flowed out of me after watching that video.
By Alfonso Jaimes3 years ago in The Swamp