Not a single person in the world today is unaffected by what’s happening because of the political scene, right now.

No matter what side someone is on, they are either fighting it every way they can, waiting for others to do the fighting for them, indifferent to the domino effect until it touches them, or celebrating and/or profiting from chaos.

I am in the first category. Which should not be a surprise, given that I’ve written numerous pieces about immoral and criminal behaviors that are, as you’re reading this, dismantling life-changing and life-saving resources.  

I have not been without wanting to fight a different way.

The kind that speaks more to my current health status versus my youth where I didn’t take my overall health as seriously as I could have.

But it also speaks to how, too often, I think of what could have been if I gave into that anger towards people that feel they’re the only ones entitled to express it. Those who are smart enough to manage everything but their emotional maturity.

The way I have seen that brand of immaturity and insecurity overtake the public stages is sickening, yet eye-opening.

It’s not that we’re lacking in examples of how legal avenues never beat the speed of street justice, but those that celebrate the toxicity do so, thinking they will never be touched.

Sadly, some don’t. Some live to an old age without consequences.

Given what’s happening now, it’s time for “we, the people,” to change that. Some already are, however they can. Others are still plotting in silence.

And not just here in the states. Around the world, people are fighting for us in solidarity, while facing their own injustices. As I wrote this, I wondered if this unity may be the stars in the darkness that were spoken of months ago.

I may be right, but I have hope in it being more than this.

Whether it’s by picket signs or special cocktails, the work will be done.

“By any means necessary.”    

Kingston Priest