They say it takes 21 days to build a habit. Writing each day since the beginning of the month as definitely formed some kind of neural pathway because my mind and spirit get antsy the closer I get to midnight, itching to get words down. Today I took the Day 18 prompt from @amykaypoetry and the ooreio format from @beausia and came up with “there should be.” I hope it inspires you to think about all the various things that ‘should’ be and then to take action to make them so.

xo, adrienne

there should be

an understanding that life, all life

is sacred (spoiler alert: there’s not bc peace ain’t profitable)

 

enough food, water, shelter, and love

to go around (spoiler alert: there is but it’s hoarded)

 

time to step off the hamster wheel

and into decadent rest (spoiler alert: time is money)

 

unlimited and unequivocal sovereignty

over your own body (spoiler alert: the men decide)

 

places to learn that respect, affirm, and teach

the whole of you (spoiler alert: literacy liberates so they ban the books)

 

there should be so much more,

and so much less

to the world that privileged power built

 

i’d really much rather

us try all over again

bc this grand experiment 

is failing

from where i sit

 

there should be hope still,

but all i want is a match