Day 7 & 8
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Tomorrow is 9 days without food. I have lost 6 1/2 pounds in just 8 days. I didnt even know that was possible. Im guessing its my anemia that is causing most of the fatigue.
I want to write more about the last two days, but its just getting harder and harder to concentrate. My friends, Take It Back! have a song, “New Empires” that has been on repeat in my mind during this last week.
“Ive been tossing in my sleep plagued by the things ive seen. I see grown men in the streets begging for food to eat. I see a young mom in the church shunned because her baby has no father. I see a war on the tv that leaves orphans in the streets and I think to myself what a world we live in, Where people use God’s name to expand their empires. They say its just the way it is, that i should just learn to accept it…well I beg to differ man. I wont give in.
This has to end here. This has to end right now. No longer can we wait for things to all work out. Just open up your eyes and look past your front door. Your sisters in the streets and your brothers at war. Compassion has been lost in a nation built by greed but we could be a generation that is truly free. No longer will we answer to a king who wears a crown but a king who ruled through peace then laid his life down.
Rise up true sons of zion
I will be the change i want to see in the world.”
I really wish I could be more eloquent in these blogs as of lately, but I just cant wrap my minds around us coming to the realization of these silent deaths and remaining silent ourselves. I feel like im slowly dying, and the more I sit and wait, the more I feel close to these children. Its a solidarity that I wouldn’t trade, but it definitely feels strange HAVING to rely on those around you for your next meal.
How much have you eaten today. In the last two hours? Consider how most of the food in our fridge will be forgotten about until we smell something that leads to us tossing its remains. 40% of the food produced in America never makes it into our homes and bellies, but rather gets tossed because of laws protecting liabilities. People die every day, and we seemed to be more concerned with our preferences then the lives being lost. Have I gone crazy calling these things into question, or is the rest of the world crazy for not asking these very same things?
My pain has brought me a reality I would never dare exchange. I hope my heart continues to beat for change long after this goal is met. Lets be the change.
