The Echo of the Lost
"The roaring thunder echoes in the distance..."
The roaring thunder echoes in the distance as fire rains from the heavens. Screams of the damned grow ever louder with the passing days. Demons cloaked in fire and poison charge with a hellish scream. Boys who threw themselves willing into the deepest fathoms of hell seeking their right of passage disappear into the ages. We ready ourselves to fight, to die. We climb over the wall which kept us safe. When the trumpet blew many feared what's to come in that scorched earth of our own creation. Running forward with our spears held high, falling before me are the boys who are lost to time and soon it shall be me.
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Letter to our Queer & Trans Youth
Hey, you. I thought I’d start this letter by telling you a little about myself, just so you know who you’re dealing with. I’m an emotional dad, father to three amazing kids who we met through the foster care system, and whose presence in our lives has really transformed my sense of responsibility to the communities that surround us. The connections we’ve made with one another, with our extended families, and with the communities where we live and look for belonging have catapulted us into this whirlwind of emotional tumult which, while not easy by any stretch of the measure, has also been remarkably healing. I realize ours is really only a one-sided chosen family, since our kids didn’t get to choose to live here, but I’d like to think that they did choose to let us love them, which allowed them to grow to love us. And I think that’s where I want to go with this letter- to a place where you can find belonging and healing- even if the pathway there may be peppered with some emotional tumult.
By F Cade Swanson4 days ago in Pride
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