Images of flags, of cops
of burning flags and cops with guns
Images of protesters in black
Images of frightened faces
Angry Eyes.

Images
Images that scream to be heard.
SCREAM TO BE HEARD

A strong brave woman,
A soft and vulnerable girl
She has the strength to see the world
She has the strength to let the pain of the world in.
She has the strength to think within her vulnerability.
Without a wall. Without protection. And she has the

Audacity

to be strong enough to confront and try to help.

The pain of this world is filtered through a mind so fine and pure that it can find solutions for problems so old they have accompanied humanity into its most inhumane acts.

If only the world would hear.
If only the world did not force her to scream. If only the world put her solutions to the test.
If only. If Only.

Images of a hand cupped and holding seeds. Holding them out to birds. Trembling with expectations . Trembling with hope.

Images of hands intertwined
HANDCUFFED
Trembling with hope too deep to be shattered. Trembling still with expectations.

Audacity!
To tremble even now.

Listen
To
The
Screams

Find your own Audacity.

Tremble.

— by Marna Schoenwald