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Friday, February 02, 2007
Young People Give Me Hope
Slam Poets at the Rally Last Weekend
I recorded 99% of the rally this past weekend, but for some reason, I turned off the recorder during the slam poetry. So I didn't get the best part: Teenagers expressing what they see going on and what's deep inside them.
These teens are going to the Denver School of the Arts where, it appears, they are allowed to speak truth as they see it, instead of being fed the "right" things to say.
It was hard to listen to them as they ranted about how it is only right that the person who calls himself our leader (or any other leader) should eat the bodies of those whose lives have been taken because of his orders. I was uncomfortable. But I got it when they said that if someone chooses to kill, then they should have to eat the heart of the human whose life they took. In other words - my take - if you can't see the other as human, if you won't see the person's wounds and guts, if you can't admit that the other person has a heart just like yours, then it is too easy for you to kill.
I have not written this as skillfully as these young people. I am not able to convey the punch in the gut that I felt while listening to them. And I apologize for that.
These teens are going to the Denver School of the Arts where, it appears, they are allowed to speak truth as they see it, instead of being fed the "right" things to say.
It was hard to listen to them as they ranted about how it is only right that the person who calls himself our leader (or any other leader) should eat the bodies of those whose lives have been taken because of his orders. I was uncomfortable. But I got it when they said that if someone chooses to kill, then they should have to eat the heart of the human whose life they took. In other words - my take - if you can't see the other as human, if you won't see the person's wounds and guts, if you can't admit that the other person has a heart just like yours, then it is too easy for you to kill.
I have not written this as skillfully as these young people. I am not able to convey the punch in the gut that I felt while listening to them. And I apologize for that.
posted by Carol at 3:50 PM
2 Comments:
ya know..."the kids are all right"
This has been a harsh week for me with two friends dying..however both knew that our life's mulch provides nourishment for others...Thank you for this recognition of those who are more aware..than we give them credit..
nogo postal
(corner of 38th and Federal 3-4 p.m. Sat...)
Hey you!
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friends.
Mebbe I'll have to check out your corner sometime after my Women in Black vigil.
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