I feel as if I have been living holding my breath.
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How long can I go?
I used to be able to hold my breath long enough to swim underwater two lengths of the pool.
But lately I have been holding my breath much longer than that.
Holding my breath and waiting.
Waiting for enough people to stand up and say, “Enough.”
Waiting for them and us (whoever that is) to say together
“We are better than this.”
“We can do better than this.”
Waiting for us to quit calling each other names.
Waiting for us to quit blaming each other and to begin to working together.
Waiting for our faith in what tomorrow might hold to overcome our fear of what tomorrow might be.
Waiting for our faith in each other to overcome our fear of each other.
I feel as if I have been living holding my breath.
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How long can we go?