#smallpoems Grappling lead from my heart yet I am scattered, hurt and deeply tired. bemoan partisan differences inability to engage in civic discourse

#smallpoems
Grappling
lead from my heart
yet I am scattered,
hurt
and deeply tired.
bemoan partisan differences
inability to engage in civic discourse
people question
inner truths
trauma on top of trauma
to do with rhetoric.
Supportive networks
tension between what I want
versus
what I responsibly should do
essential knowledge for our teachers
stakes are raised
today complexities address what it means to cultivate
help remake and repair the world.