I truly don’t know what to say,
And even less, what to do,
For here on Earth there are some things,
Which can not be worked through.
I truly wish I knew the way,
So I could give you a clue;
Yet, that would merely be false hope…
I won’t do that to you.
All I can say is bide your time,
Pray and live each day anew,
For there’s not more to say than this:
I am here with you too.
K. Aldaya, 12/5/22
Picture: By Ihor Malytskyi on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/QZ9PsYOfwuM
Pushed aside, out of cultural view,
Far too many ways to be ostracized.
Redemption and truth, null and void,
And harshly criticized.
I’ll say no more than this on free speech:
That darkness thrives in the shadows of night,
And the only end for darkness,
Is exposure to Light.
K. Aldaya, 12/2/22
Picture: By Timo Volz on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/K2jUGU6ttO0
I’ve begun to love the stillness,
And the silence of containment,
In the temple I have built,
Adorned in golden raiment.
Where, ceaselessly, I pray for peace,
As gleaming rays consolidate,
The walls of primitive hope,
Against those who infiltrate.
For countless forces are at work,
Seeking chaos and subversion.
Scorning the Light of union,
For darkness and perversion.
While I do bear broad concernment,
Nonetheless, I pray hour by hour.
Vigilant, though reassured,
That discernment wields power.
K. Aldaya, 12/1/22
Picture: By Hassan Ouajbir on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/NfONQWO3qzU
Speech shouldn’t be a gun to the head.
Enforced conformity or social death.
For does not a life still exist,
As long as there is breath?
Silence is not insignificance,
Nor essentiality: of a word;
And a voice is no guarantee,
Of ever being heard.
K. Aldaya, 11/6/22
GIF 1: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/user/eleven/YjW6_VJPtWf6Q5PnldWQPMx7xEDERlj8dv7SR
GIF 2: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/blog/eleven/V0EL_2Wvi7u73BQNXQ2o4NYVlZ7ZDx1l12
Humans silence screams,
Yes, they refuse to hear.
They smother feelings with their hands,
And whisper, “No, not here!”.
Humans silence screams,
And leave voices estranged.
Severing all the connections,
‘Til the harm can’t be changed.
Humans silence screams,
And use without remorse.
They want the best without the worst,
And they get it by force.
Humans silence screams,
And exterminate choice.
For mutilated vocal cords,
Can not, then, bear a voice.
K. Aldaya, 10/19/22
Picture: From Vampire Diaries; https://tenor.com/view/choke-strangle-cant-breathe-gif-12216423
My Soul is a Lock Without a Key 