A love to light the love light
Inside of everyone
A love that can feed the entire world
Just like we’re fed by the sun
Extreme power can suck the humanity out of anyone. We are all vulnerable. If a person has been traumatized they will get buried in that power and it’s hard to find the human inside.
Collective power is different though. Our ego steps aside when we are being powerful together. The ego knows its job is to take care of the individual. In ancient societies, that wasn’t a big job because people were rarely alone, at least psychologically. But since then, as Bob Dylan said, “Things have changed.”
A love to trickle on up
To help the money to trickle on down
And release it from their fists
So we can hold their hands
The spell of the Individual goes back long before John Wayne. And as we start to wake up from it, those ensconced in power are freaking out and doing a lot of damage.
Luckily, our collective spirit can work with that too. I see it all over. That is where my hope lies.
My hope is now. It is not for the future. And so are my tears. They are for the humanity I see at every turn.
The tears are coming stronger along with my laughter.
Gonna out my rage
Bring it outa the closet
No more shame
Open up the faucet
Bring my inrage to outrage
Join my outrage with our rage
Cuz our rage is ourageous
Our rage is
Ready
So ready
Ready for a revolutionary love
These words are circling the truth that is beyond words.
The human is the animal I know best. And so it is the one I love the most. It is the one that hurts the most. It is my child. I want it to grow up already. I believe we are experiencing a near death exprience and we have no choice but to learn from it.
I mean it’s been 200,000 years now.
There is a consensus that we are now in the throws of an authoritarian takeover. I don’t think we can defeat it without recognizing the inequality that made it possible. And the trust in an economic system that requires inequality to function.
Speaking for myself, the closer I get to the end, the wiser I get. That’s why I’m ready for a revolutionary love. I’m hoping that is true for humanity as well.
This piece and the song Ready for a Revolutionary Love were inspired by a podcast on Bioneers by Valarie Kaur on Revolutionary Love.
And here is the companion video of Ready for a Revolutionary Love
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