Dissent now in bloom.
Blossoming through stormy nights.
Hope grows on stems strong.
What does it mean?
Today’s poem is a part of the A Hopeful Journey series — this one was inspired, in-part, by the new connection I’ve made with Dissent in Bloom 🌼. And in-part by the rapidly escalating internal threat of Donald Trump and his fascist administration.
It is beyond time to dissent.
It is the time for dissent to blossom through the stormy nights.
It is now when we dissent—for if we wait and stay silent—it will be too late.
Dissenting against a fascist regime requires courage. A courage which blossoms through collective actions—strengthening with the rise of others, during the stormiest nights—flowering into hope on a stem thickened from the effort.
This dissent, this courage, this hope—it’s contagious.
So let your dissent bloom—peacefully and patriotically—so others may gather the strength and courage to join.
Let our courage be contagious.
Let our dissent bloom into hope.
Let our hope flower into actions.
Nick’s Notes
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Your warrior spirit really shines through 🥰even in pain, you pick up and carry the Standard ❣️Taking the “pen is mightier than the sword” route ✒️
I love this poem! I was imagining a strong white rose until the words “flowering into hope on a stem thickened from the effort” and it suddenly became a huge hydrangea & burst
Hope Everywhere!
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