. …three people... dead/alive... who inspire you. what about them? how do/can you embody these qualities?...
...ammu... sari like a shawl... ancient noakhali soil centralized in third eyes sketched in paisley and threaded by hand by her four sisters father and great aunty... standing in the school yard... 1980's... i looked away... looked at the eyes darting her anathema to what was erased... like dandelion, like plantain... like grass... she stood... peeking out of the concrete... no one said a word... i heard the judgements... heard them shoot... and i stood with them... took their side... that me... the little scrawny kid who was looking to be officialized... recognized... accepted... not an alien... not the a and 78348793q49... not an alien registration card... not green... not a ufo... i remained unidentified through a growing silence... worshipping brands and trends to patch up my ugly... ammu became more beautiful... a giant... her four feet 10 inches taller than a redwood... she taught me to stay rooted in Love... in Real Love... regardless of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...
...abbu... the activist... the Lover... the man whose sword was a pen and typewriter... who wrote, reported, paved avenues for the voiceless, the regal potential of human beings... who believed deeper than the decor of religion... who prayed through selfless service... through late night meetings to counter tyrannical men in double-speak... who curated collabarotive labratories of revoltuionary gatherings of ragas, biryani, and polemics... who raised three sons with books on the ideals of bacha khan, gandhi... visited the sick... and headstones to keep the grave close... even as a traveler...
...emperor... jesus... che... d... hanson... dally... the Lover... Loving... present... fully with You... fully in You... fully...
....qualities: being vulnerable... loving... flirting... playing... playful... taking risks... Being Self... fighting for... standing for... listening... vibrant... flowing... community... artist... artistic... humble... making Love... present... lovers... fully present with all... fearless... urgent... Quiet... poet... poetry... music... musical... flowing... floating...
...ammu... sari like a shawl... ancient noakhali soil centralized in third eyes sketched in paisley and threaded by hand by her four sisters father and great aunty... standing in the school yard... 1980's... i looked away... looked at the eyes darting her anathema to what was erased... like dandelion, like plantain... like grass... she stood... peeking out of the concrete... no one said a word... i heard the judgements... heard them shoot... and i stood with them... took their side... that me... the little scrawny kid who was looking to be officialized... recognized... accepted... not an alien... not the a and 78348793q49... not an alien registration card... not green... not a ufo... i remained unidentified through a growing silence... worshipping brands and trends to patch up my ugly... ammu became more beautiful... a giant... her four feet 10 inches taller than a redwood... she taught me to stay rooted in Love... in Real Love... regardless of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...
...abbu... the activist... the Lover... the man whose sword was a pen and typewriter... who wrote, reported, paved avenues for the voiceless, the regal potential of human beings... who believed deeper than the decor of religion... who prayed through selfless service... through late night meetings to counter tyrannical men in double-speak... who curated collabarotive labratories of revoltuionary gatherings of ragas, biryani, and polemics... who raised three sons with books on the ideals of bacha khan, gandhi... visited the sick... and headstones to keep the grave close... even as a traveler...
...emperor... jesus... che... d... hanson... dally... the Lover... Loving... present... fully with You... fully in You... fully...
....qualities: being vulnerable... loving... flirting... playing... playful... taking risks... Being Self... fighting for... standing for... listening... vibrant... flowing... community... artist... artistic... humble... making Love... present... lovers... fully present with all... fearless... urgent... Quiet... poet... poetry... music... musical... flowing... floating...
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