Authentic

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My Dear Child,

Long days have passed

for this letter to coalesce.

Giving you space – r o o m –

to let your process

...unfold.

.

Many beginnings

has this letter endured.

Chasing certainty, clarity,

a wish to be sure

...trashed.

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Who am I to say anything?

This life is your own.

Never thirst to control you...

By me, you need not be shown.

.

So, how can I write you?

This 'thing' that I see?

How can I tell you:

This is not about me?

.

I suppose all I can do

is give you my word.

Dear One, may I share with you

something I have observed?

.

You seem to be hiding,

your true face enshrouded

behind a mask of ambivalence,

busy-ness, overwhelm... clouded.

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I have watched you observe the Injustices

our Society & Cult-ure present:

Corporations cheat systems for profit.

For you? Two full-time jobs to make rent.

.

You swam through daily-modified headlines,

shifting narrative, till even the Pundits were spent.

Politicians spun lies for three years as: 'science'.

A living-corpse puppet for a President.

.

It doesn't end here,

there's much more you've sighted:

Inflammatory causes

keep the masses divided.

.

You see through the mayhem...

a 'grand theme' emerging:

The one goal of this madness?

Keep the people diverging.

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This infuriates you. I see it.

Clear in the taut lines of your face.

Your smile on Insta and TikTok looks

stretched, uncharacteristically fake.

.

"But anger is childish," you claim,

"An emotion for the 'unawakened' and old."

Dear One: Anger is greater than Apathy.

Ambivalence, Denial... these leave the heart cold.

.

You are right about one thing:

Anger is not the end-goal we are seeking.

It should be used as a stepping stone

to energize

the creation of a new world into being.

.

So let us call this: Authentic Anger.

This Anger that empowers our change.

Do you see the difference, between anger and Anger?

Do you see that, in truth, there's a range?

.

Not all Anger is evil.

Not all Anger is wrong.

When you are in the weakness of Apathy...

Anger is fire, making you strong.

.

So, my Dear Child, let yourself be Angry.

You're not a bad person if you do.

Then move through your Anger to Acceptance of the fact that:

Change only happens through You.

.

If enough people let themselves do this,

our world can assuredly be healed.

The villains lose all of their henchmen;

corporations, all toxic yield.

.

Progress will sometimes seem slow.

At times, you may even despair.

Remember always, this one truth:

It is enough that You care.

.

You can control only You --

I know that you know this already.

It's enough to lead by example,

holding your inner sight steady.

.

You know Who You Are, I feel it.

Your Heart, made of Starfire and Light.

Come out, once and for all, from hiding.

Do what You Know to be Right.

'

All My Love,

Evolution

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