Will we ever get it?

Standing in the presence of countless dozens of people at George Floyd Square one is filled with an overload of thoughts and puzzled wonder.

We can fill libraries with books on how we got here and why we got here, but the most important thing to ask is what are we going to do now that we’re here.

Below the shadow of the metal fist, standing among the art and the concrete barriers, people look angry, people look sad, people look resolved to effect change thinking ‘enough is enough’; heads are bowed in silent thought and devotion, and heads are turned upward toward any number of celestial beings offering silent prayers with no expectation those prayers will ever be answered.

No expectation of answered prayers because some prayers for some people don’t seem to get answered and some things never seem to change.

So much righteous anger. What needs to happen before we learn that we need to step back from the politics and the rhetoric and take a breath – a breath denied to so many – and look at others around us as we look at ourselves and just love one another?

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For GirlieOnTheEdge‘s Six Sentence Stories for June 2nd.

PROMPT WORD: PRESENCE

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