I Won't Give Up

'Write', it said.  Once again, Spirit rises in my soul

  and requests that I put pen to paper.

I awoke from a dream, having fallen backward into a tire.
  As I lie on my back, looking up in surprise,
  Spirit said, 'Stay there.  See the world from this perspective.'

And I realized Spirit wants me to look honestly at our life...
  in this very moment, this horrible, inconceivable moment.

'Stay with it.  Feel the feelings roaring through your soul.
  Know this place, for it is where you reside right now.
  Only from this space can you move forward.'

So, as I write this, I listen to a beautiful rendition of
  America the Beautiful.

And my soul peers into the twilight of our country,
  darkness moving with purpose to extinguish our light.

And, a song came to sit with me, I Won't Give Up.

When I look into your eyes

It's like watching the night sky

Or a beautiful sunrise

Well, there's so much they hold

And just like them old stars

I see that you've come so far

To be right where you are

How old is your soul?

Well, I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

And when you're needing your space

To do some navigating

I'll be here patiently waiting

To see what you find

'Cause even the stars, they burn

Some even fall to the earth

We've got a lot to learn

God knows we're worth it

No, I won't give up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily

I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make

Our differences, they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts

We got, yeah, we got a lot at stake

And in the end, you're still my friend, at least we did intend

For us to work, we didn't break, we didn't burn

We had to learn, how to bend without the world caving in

I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not

And who I am

I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

I'm still looking up

Well, I won't give up on us (No, I won't give it up)

God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)

We got a lot to learn (We're alive, we are love)

God knows we're worth it (And we're worth it)

I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

I agree.  

Tears now line my eyes...day and night.
  The ache in my heart, the somber on my spirit,
  as relentless as the attacks against our country.

Today, the United States is 149 years old.

  Today, we look out at the world from within

  the gaping maw of authoritarianism, evil.

Not a happy birthday, profoundly sad, mourning.

And yet, I can't, I won't, give up on us.

  I'm still looking up.

  The skies have gotten rough.

  Yet, I give U.S. all my love.

  I'm still looking up.