Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT July 30th 2021

6 Comments July 30, 2021 columbianm

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Our text for this session was the poem Obligations 2 by Layli Long Soldier, posted below.

Our prompt for this session was: “As we embrace” or “As we resist”

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6 thoughts on “Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT July 30th 2021”

Janine Mariscotti

As we resist this moment
we might miss an opportunity
to rise or fall

As we embrace this moment
we might welcome an opportunity
to rise or fall

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July 30, 2021 at 1:01 pm Reply
Cindy

As we resist,
we build walls, moats, fortresses,
pushing the outside.
Away.
Grief can’t get in
except grief can be born within.
Then what good is resisting?
The walls keep out the good too.
And their grief…. the others’.
What if grief could embrace grief?
Find the crack, crumble the walls, bring down the resistance.
Then…
As we embrace, our grief unites and can help. Heal each others’ grief.
Together. Out of the ashes and into the light.
But how do we find the crack?
How can we learn to embrace when all we ever did was resist?
How can we?
Can we?
How?

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July 30, 2021 at 1:28 pm Reply
michele348

As we embrace~~~

As I embrace freedom, my joy flows without bounds.
My spirit soars just as the red-tail hawk that flies above the row of oak trees out across the field.
I have learned that freedom is a precious quantity that can be inexplicably taken away.
Its absence brings a sense of darkness to the journey of life.
During the darkness, one doesn’t think of possibilities but is consumed with placing one foot in front of the other,
a forced march of sorts.

But, oh, with the return of freedom, my imagination soars.
Light pervades life,
steps are strident and bold.
With each breath, I anticipate what life holds in store for me.
Embracing freedom once again, I am alive.

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July 30, 2021 at 2:00 pm Reply
Elizabeth

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as we resist

the future the past

are we

pessimistic optimistic

are we

our dreams our nightmares

as we embrace

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July 30, 2021 at 2:37 pm Reply
Elizabeth

I had typed the above writing to follow a shape, much like the writing we read today. It did not print that format. I’m curious if people will read it differently when they see the original format (i’m going to try to type it in now and see if it goes through):

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as we resist
the future. the past
are we
pessimistic. optimistic
are we
our dreams our nightmares
as we embrace
?

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July 30, 2021 at 5:08 pm Reply
Elizabeth

Still not in the original shape… Use your imagination… Had fun doing it anyways

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July 30, 2021 at 5:10 pm Reply