They know, I thought,
like the birds of Iraq before shock and awe
on the first day of spring.
It was said that the sparrows and songbirds stopped singing,
their silence heralding the dropping of bombs.
~ Patti Smith, Her Name Was Sandy. M Train
Image: imandrah-land. Story: Shooting in San Bernardino Kills at least 14
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so touching… I can feel the touch of the silence… hit me. Thank you dear David, love, nia
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Like how you have phrased that Nia. It “hit me” too…
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As I told in my blog, I can’t understand why all these things happen, make me so sad… Hit me in my heart.
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Like so many others, I walk with a heavy heart this morning. It seems we can’t get through a week these days without word of another mass shooting. So. Very. Sad….
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1 a day is what papers reported. 1 mass shooting a day. Shocking.
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Appalling…
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And the silence is so disorienting – and unfortunately too familiar.
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Nothing to add to these words which capture it totally.
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Excellent! They know …. if only we knew!
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Just can’t….
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What is happening in our world that life is so mindlessly destroyed?
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That, is the big question.
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they sense a shift in the world as they know it.
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They do…
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Reblogged this on Carrie's Bench and commented:
Grateful for this posting, as right now – I don’t know what to say. Thank you, David.
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Thank you Carrie.
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This comment reflects my thoughts too. Thank you Carrie and David.
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Sad and hope Peace with the Country.
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Yes.
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Right now we are all figuring out …. But beyond that is a knowing of something insidious that is growing. And a balancing counter that also must be acknowledged.
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It’s the counter that is coming up short.
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Seems to be so … For now.
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We must stand united, in having hope that rises strong.. that good will overtake the evil….
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Yes.
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What is so sad to me (among everything else that is so sad) is that someday that six month old baby is going to ask about her parents.
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Incomprehensible how a Mother (or Father) can abandon a child or life.
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perhaps its just my eyes – but there seems to be a global tsunami of evil and violence; it is far beyond my comprehension. I wonder what choice, good people will ultimately have to make. It makes me cry.
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Now that is an terrifying thought, about choices good people may have to make. And the spiraling of violence…
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perhaps, its only ‘my perception’ of the escalation and, it may not be any greater than 50 years ago. I hope that is the case.
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Depends on the era, I guess.
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