we sashayed to variations of hell

Last week I watched as a corpse of a small unidentifiable mammal was dined on by a handful of maggots. Something hit me as I stared at what use to be a chest cavity on this animal, why couldn't it change the world while it was alive. That rabbit or fox or raccoon or whatever had all the right circumstances.

The right circumstances

Stories

Experiences

Timing

Friends and foes

It was part of the perfect generation

That creature was part of a great generation that could have changed the course of history and changed the world

I believe that I am part of the greatest generation that has inhabited the earth to this point

Not because of the individuals in the group, or the mistakes we make, the advances in technology, the changes in time . . . but because of our timing

The circumstances are there/the stage set/the curtain lifted

The history of the earth is ours for the changing right now, for better or worse

We will dance in the shadows of Gods to Miles Davis

We will scream our fears from mountain tops without fear of losing our voice

We will dream of better days far from our adolescent lives and make them real

We will change the course of history . . . and will not allow it to repeat

We will stand for what we believe in, regardless of persecution

We will swim to the depths of the oceans and ourselves in search of truth

We will hope for a governing body we can trust, and we will elect them

We will create a future for our children which is unfathomable as of now

We will relish the here and now, like there is no tomorrow

We will inspire each other to achieve greatness at whatever fills our hearts

We will empower the weak and suffering to rise above the pain

We will sing our song at all hours of the night for everyone to hear and sing along

We will fight the evil in our lives, until it is no more

We will break the bonds that unite individuals against one another

We will overcome the struggles of diversity to rise as a single voice to create change

We will free the individuals imprisoned in the minds society has created for them

We will remember the people from our past and how they helped us get to where we are

We will cherish every breath we take and not take a single one for granted

We will amaze the critics that ever doubted that we were being honest

We will march in the streets and through the haze to show we are united

We will write our revolution on the walls of every building across this country

We will believe in everything we do and every word we say

And We will destroy anyone who tells us it cannot be done