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Why aren't we kinder? -George Saunders

Each of us, born central to the universe - our only story, separate from all that other junk — you know, other people — but we believe; we really want, in our hearts, the present moment: more open and more loving

for #OpenWrite Original text from George Saunders' “Failures of Kindness” speech https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/failures-of-kindness-by-george-saunders

Whether punctual or punctuated, we pause to pass on the love

for Algot

In the moment when music is made, all lights get dimmed down low

the lights are dimmed so low, all eyes are tuned to the sound

their eyes are on the sound but mine are on the mouth

my mind is on her mouth; lips, curved; tongue shadows; white teeth

lips, tongue, teeth — and words I think this is something I've once heard

I've only heard echoes before drawn by the breath of her voice

it's her voice – falling, tumbling, turning - in that moment, when music is made

for #OpenWrite inspired by Duplex by Jericho Brown https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152729/duplex

These poems; sometimes, they situate in quiet emptiness - mere gaps and idle notations – thoughts flitting about as feathers broken by the breeze - the bird, merely memory; blink, and maybe in that moment, we might see

for #OpenWrite inspired by These Poems by June Jordan https://poets.org/poem/these-poems

Night sheets, now scuttled, bundled in knotted worry; thoughts, hurry ahead

Grazing, on the Web, finding quirky pockets of creativity

Birds singing in the morning; songs to begin the day

for DS106 Daily Create

At some point, the map becomes boundless, endless, an eddy of routes and possibilities, further proof that to locate yourself requires a compass, spinning, wildly with the unknown

Winged friends, settle in - sit for a bit on petals of vibrant colors

Savor the soft wind – the cool breeze blowing on in; the world in motion