40/365 : ascension 2.0, a forgiveness poem to social media world wide

it's not as bad as we think
we're just getting used to it

the reflection of our longings
for attention and belonging--
our human hunger
to be together,
to melt past
space and time

it's not as bad as we think
we're just getting used to it

our un-closeted desires
that no longer require isolation
the invitation for initiation
for howling
for song

it's not as bad as we think
we're just shiny and shimmering
like new machines
that can feel too clean
too powerful
with too much at stake

we don't necessarily understand our new age
or how to save the holy parts of the old

but it's not as bad as we think
because love breathes through the blinds
like sunshine in the winter
against an unstoppable shower
of illuminating snow

it will be revealed
what we need to know
we will discover it
together
in status updates
and poems

it's not as bad as we think
we just have a lot to say
to each other
and ourselves
to our mothers
and the hells
that we suffered all alone
in the darkness
of no one taking the throne
to lead us home to our holiness
or each other

but now--now, we have kingdoms
empires of sisterhood
circles of seeing
merkabahs of believing
and each of us
is royalty
each of us
is breathing meaning
into the new song that we're careening

now, we are fractals
wearing amethyst crowns
come aware of the castles
we're building from the sounds
of love, of liberation
of desperation
for something real

it's not as bad as it seems
because now, we are free
to see and exceed
the matter of our fears
and the limits of our mortality

now, we have the power to be
wise and rebellious
to lean in to our togetherness

and yes, we could do better than this
but we can start with this--
merging together
with our words
and our feathers,
our pictures
and our letters

we're learning to share
we're learning to receive
we're learning to hold our need for together
as if it matters more than ever before

it's not as bad as we think--
to have a mirror of our humanity
we just don't always like what we see
but that's on us
because we're powerful
and we're free
we're just taking some time to get used to it