Will we make it?
\nCan we fake it until we find the strength to overcome?
\nCan we find some sort of way to cope without going numb,
\nWithout succumbing to apathy or reactionism?<\/p>\n
We’re terrified we have nothing to say and no one will pay attention
\nBut if we don’t pay attention to what’s being said then it will never be spoken anyway<\/p>\n
So here’s to hoping hope isn’t just an exercise in futility
\nHoping tranquility, bliss and ignorance are all treated differently
\nHere’s to adaptability<\/p>\n
Here’s to embracing chaos as patterns that define the things we’ll never know
\nHere’s to finding some way of navigating the hights from way down here below<\/p>\n
Ready-set-go<\/p>\n
Wait, stop, hold up, that’s not right, I think I said it wrong, do it over,
\nDamn, I’m so frightened
\nDamn, I thought I was enlightened there for a second but I’m second guessing everything:
\nThe words I speak, the songs I sing,
\nThe cup from which I drink is almost empty
\nWhat’s the remedy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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