#shira e

[bidgeovertroubledwater]

[mittenoftheearth]

and its all god’s fault its all my fault say it  i’m a crime scene say it i do time for me say it im untranslateable heat

i’ve been noticing a chasm between what could and couldnt happen my heart still wants to chance it its all loves fault  its all my fault say it i’m a crime scene

[mittenoftheearth]

[officialshira-blog]

I Statements (Reposting from my Facebook Page)

What I'm interested in: Accountability. I will do more than pray for change. I will do more than "send light & love." I will listen to how change makers want help from me. I will take cues. I will read articles and books. I will educate and inform myself. I will support actions spearheaded by POCs. I will be more conscious to support Black businesses. I will question my preconceived notions of "peace" and "violence." I will maintain a personal spiritual practice to replenish my hurting heart. I will not rely on POCs to replenish my hurting heart. I will not use POCs in my life as "props" in my own journey and necessary work. I will honor a movement whose particular daily struggles I don't bodily share, am most often blind to, and possess a privilege to turn away from. I will not rack my brain trying to "fix Ferguson" (where very real activists are daily organizing their own community and protesting) - I will recognize that this impulse is Whiteness attempting to control. I will, instead, listen. A lot. I will check my privilege and honor my blind spots. I will call out other white people, and allow myself to be called out. I will shed what I take personally so that I may serve the universal: Human Rights. I will hold myself, and my country, accountable. I will not willingly turn away and pretend this isn't happening - or hasn't been for centuries. I will love myself in my journey, and never let my floundering become an excuse, nor my learning become a trophy. There is work to be done. It is my work. Because of love, I will be ready before I am ready.

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[flyingpurplepizzaeater]

"She was walking fast on her way to work, she was walking fast in a flammable skirt, she was fine, you know she was fine" -Shira E

[flyingpurplepizzaeater]

"You're not alone right now and that's enough" -Shira E

[flyingpurplepizzaeater]

"My heart is a big mistake" - Shira E

[gtfoctopus]

MYTH by SHIRA

When I lost my wayI never found my wayI never returnedWhat I found in you was a magnitudeI never returnedAnd you pressed me down on the mattressand you kissed both of my eyesSaid if you can’t see what I see in you, thenYou must be blindWe are gardeners of our own godsAnd we’re clutching at our own starsAnd we're running through the pastures,through the past cus its a dead causeWhat we’re really after is a mythWhat we really are is the truth of itWhat we’re really after is a mythYou boomerang, you wild waveYou always returnWhat you bring to me is the master keyThat I never have turnedAnd you wrestle me down, down to the groundand you kissed both my eyesSaid if you can’t see what I see in you, thenYou must be blindWe are gardeners of our own godsAnd we’re clutching at our own starsWe’re running through the pastures,through the past cus it’s a dead causeWhat we’re really after is a mythWhat we really are is the truth of itWhat we’re really after is a myth