#10: I have to believe

https://www.shebanacoelho.com/blogcast/i-have-to-believe
I have to believe
by Shebana Coelhi
I have to believe
that

the rain will rain

and then stop

that it will flail at windows

down the trees

and stop

that the leaves will bend this way

and that

the green will become brown

and the brown will become green

I have to believe

the earth will move

us into a time

when we heal it

that

the silence will become song

even as

a weary wind kills us down

and we made it

from refusing to breathe

from refusing to see

from saying

Chup

to all the women in the lineage

be quiet

We kill children in

each other’s names

and laud

the power that makes

men blind

to their own abyss

how to sing them down

into humility

I have to believe

that you do what you can

love who you love

sing what wants to sing you

and that will make some dot

of difference

I have to believe

it matters to

sit and breathe

and think

of your friend who is breaking

in Ramallah

the boy

you met one day in Gaza

and the peace activist

in Israel whose brother said at his own funeral

even as he was murdered

he would not want

another

Palestinian life taken in his name

the uprising is in you

refuse to live

a silent life

refuse to ignore

your passion

refuse to ignore

what is in

the way of that passion

rise up and love yourself

enough

to live what you love

that passion is safety

that safety is passion

the revolution

begins with you

living

and

yes

i am going there

now

let me wade into these waters

in conversations

people have said

meaning to be kind

middle east...
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