And here now I confess to WordPress my dark thoughts . . .

I am NOT feeling graceful or remotely inclined to “move on” from this election outcome.  I am not inclined to “find peace.”  And I am increasingly hardened, in a no-turning-back-sort-of-way, toward people who are asking this of me and others.

This election is NOT over for so many and will not be for a very long time if EVER. Working to “move on” is a privilege many people in our country do not have.
There are already wounds – literal, physical, emotional, systemic – deeply cut and permanent – wrought by these past 18+ months and now this outcome.

Those who cannot see this are in my estimation shockingly lacking in empathy and shamelessly willfully uninformed.   Those who CARE not to see it – and won’t even bother to consider it when asked – are . . .

You know what?  I can’t find the words.  And this is really saying something because I surely can talk a LOT.