“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well. ”
“The future of our country is in you, this time it’s real.”
We feel your pain but can’t share in it,
For we’ve been made to feel we’re different.
We watch the anger rise into rage,
And wonder what we can do at this stage.
We walk, we protest, we write all our words,
In order to offer you some of our courage.
Keep fighting, keep screaming, keep sharing your plight,
We’ll carry you with all of our might.
We offer our friendship our blood and our tears,
For we’ve not shouldered your burden all of these years.
It’s time for us to work and you to rest,
For centuries we have allowed this.
But now we’re done, we see you, we feel,
The future of our country is in you, this time it’s real.
About: Sosie Matosian resides in Virginia with her husband, three children and two dogs. She has her degree in Biblical Studies from University of Northwestern with additional emphasis and certificate in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. She is passionate about sharing life with others and brings a personal perspective to the struggles one might face in their journey.
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