"Cherry_man1" (Cherry_man1)
07/08/2016 at 02:22 • Filed to: Poetry
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"Cherry_man1" (Cherry_man1)
07/08/2016 at 02:22 • Filed to: Poetry | 2
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Take a Drink
I take a drink
I take a drink for all those gone
I take a drink for days that are gone
I sit here and thing about all that is gone
I hate to think that what will soon be gone
I pray for those who are gone
I pray that we can talk and heal for what happening
I sit here and think about all these tragedies and what’s been happening
All I can think is shit what the fuck is this reality
Right now I can only think
I need another drink
El Rivinado
> Cherry_man1
07/08/2016 at 02:33 |
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Alcohol, my permanent accessory.
Alcohol, a party time necessity.
Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself.
Oh alcohol, I still drink to your health.
(If anyone gets the reference I just made, you are awesome)
In all seriousness though, the optimist in me wants things to get better. I hope that the next years well be better than what's going on now, or at least, hope this year finishes better than what's happening right now.
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Cherry_man1
> El Rivinado
07/08/2016 at 02:40 |
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I get the reference lol.
To be totally honest, I’m kinda wanting to pick up and just move and say fuck it. I may be a US citizen but I’m tired of all this shit with my country at this point. Maybe it will get better, maybe it wont. If I think shit is gonna go more south then it has by next year I’m gonna look at my options and move to hell Ireland maybe. I dunno. Seems like a nice place.
Blondude
> El Rivinado
07/08/2016 at 03:07 |
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I was just reading through a reddit thread on this. I think this comment sums it up nicely:
I feel kinda the same way you do but I’ve found it’s really helpful when I start feeling that way to step back and remember that statistically speaking we’re living in a time of unmatched peace, nonviolence, and prosperity—all historically unprecedented.
It feels awful because despite that there’s still so much injustice in the world and such kneejerk reactionism and also a 24/7 hyper-connected media system that never lets us forget and operates on a principle of “if it bleeds, it leads.” But it’s good to remember that that’s all it is—that the injustice is visible because we’re learning. That the violence is horrible because we live in a world where we recognize it as horrible. That the same hyper-connectedness that keeps this in front of our eyeballs is also a huge machine that’s powering enormous social and political change for the better, and it’s the same system that’s allowing beautiful things to happen by making the borders between different peoples and places and cultures thinner by the day.
I’m trying to remind myself of this. It’s hard. But it’s there.
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El Rivinado
> Blondude
07/08/2016 at 03:19 |
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I feel what you’re saying. It seems hard to believe with how the media portrays things for ratings and scares, but violent crime has been on a steady decline since at least the mid-90s. The US isn't some lawless Mad Max style dystopia just yet, contrary to what the news may seem to have us believe. But, it is difficult to remind ourselves that when it seems like a constant assault of pessimism is all that's being aired. But, it's not as bad as it seems. Even if these events seem only designed to further tear us apart, they're also bringing us closer together. Because, contrary to what political discussions devolve into, we all are connected in some way. Because, we're all human, and as humans, for the most part, we don't wish any ill will on anyone and actively help each other out. To quote Charlie Chaplin's speech from the Great Dictator "We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery". It's something I forget a lot in the face of what's going on, but it's something I try to strive for, even if I fail at it.