I want to say this
I know what it's like to have thoughts of death and I know how they can rise up at times like this. Listen, please, friends who feel these new days ahead as a threat, believe me when I say we need you more than ever! Don't take your soft self from us and leave us with them. For every corrupt politician we need hundreds of you to balance the world to a better place. For every racist we need countless people of color to keep our humanity and our nations whole. For every bigot we need legions of trans and gay and bi and nonbinary, furries, the full rainbow of people, to keep brilliance and joy in the world. Don't let their words make you do their work for them. Stay and join us and be like bees, seeking the nectar of the world wherever it is. Helping each other, brightening one another's days. Keep making art and having fun and being kind and most of all being the you-est you. Because that's what we need most of all. The world only gave us one of you and neither you nor us have had a chance to see all the secret magics and Easter eggs hidden in you. We need them all. We need your smile. We may need your determination. Yes, times seem hard but together we are the answer. All the weird ones and the autists and the ADHD people and recovering addicts, all the people on the edges are the ones we need to stand with our spirits against conformity and darkness. I may not know you but I know your heart and it is the sweetest taste ever. Stay in the world with us. We need you. <3
