Heart Achieves Fusion

Bright galactic whorls,
Her fingertips hold my heart,
Lighting up my sky

--
Dedicated to Wee Lass

Suffrage (Sunday Meditation #24)

This morning it hit me that it has been less than 100 years (92, to be exact) since women gained the right to vote in this country.

It has been less than 50 years since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
...less than 50 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965...

...yet there are those who still refuse to believe there is much work to be done.

This election cycle all we seem to hear is "economy, economy, economy"...but still there are those who want to exclude and disenfranchise human beings due to their skin color, sex and/or gender orientation.

In a particularly dark bit of thinking, I couldn't help but think that those who feel their income, personal taxes and the price of gasoline take precedence over civil rights and equality under the law...will always be slaves.

Yeah, it's the economy, alright. But more importantly, now and forever, it's human beings that matter.

Magpie Tales 140: He Favors Our Undertakings (Wrong New Order)

Image via Tess at Magpie Tales

His laugh rings clear

as cold cash hits the till

hot bullets hit their targets

while our heads find the sand

Thirteen arrows drawn 

Thirteen stars gone nova

Thirteen stripes flay our backs

Thirteen levels we climb

Black sun throne high in thin air

we groan and gasp, finding him: 

Hollow motto, bitter tears, to know

Satan approves of our undertakings 

Falling Softly

Rasping leaves, soft rain
Passing first point of Libra
Autumn, take my hand