Going Going Gone.

 Threads

            Tearing  ripping  stretching  breaking

            In the struggle

            Growing weak

Eyes bulging

            Throat closing

Ears popping with the sound

            Screaming, yelling

            Cheering

Gripping, fighting

            For the dawn

Reaching praying

            For the Son

Stirring

            Black and think

            The smog of unsettling

            Hatred

Blackness

            Oozing

            Dripping

Bubbling

            Boiling

            In the frying southern sun

Advancing

            Downward

A setting sun

            Is a beautiful sight

            In the presence of all

            White

Sands running through hands

            Going

            Going

A barrel kicked

            A horse runs

            Going

            Going

Why love

            A child’s dream?

A songbird’s voice

            Croaking

            Choking

            Going

            Going

Faith comes when Hope is

            Going

            Going

            Gone.

By Donna Rothock-Howe

            Going Going Gone is a poem about racism. The first few lines create an image of lynching. The struggle and the want for it all to just end. The unsettling hatred is showed from the crowd’s cheering. The advancing blackness is the progress that African Americans made, which was antagonizing slow, especially in the south. The setting sun is the representation of a black person’s death, which is found enjoyable by whites. The sands are the sands of time that slip away as death seeps in the cracks and the horse is life’s disappearance. Why love a child’s dream is to ask why to keep the faith in something that seems so old and worthless as a child’s dream would in adulthood. Personally when thinking of a songbird, I relate it to the slaves who sang on plantations. Faith comes when Hope is gone is the continuation of faith when it seems impossible to believe in something that you continue to see fail. I personally feel that the hatred that racism showed was very unnecessary and I regret even having to say it happened. We are all people no matter the color of skin, hair or eyes. I am glade to live in a more color tolerant society today.

Letting Go

I never really got the concept of "letting go." Letting go? Letting go of what? how do you let go? Why let go? I needed someone to explain it to me. So God did. I put the question in my mind years ago and God has been showing me how to let go for some time now. I finally get it! Letting go means to let go of yourself. To give everything to God. It seems so scary but its soooooo worth it! What you do is listen to God for direction. You let Him guide you. Its trusting that if you live with him in control instead of you that he will bring everything to good. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Its defiantly an adventure! He leads you places you never thought you would go. He grows you. You gain understanding and knowledge and then are able to let other people know. Life is so REAL. Its not what anyone would typically think of a christian life being like. When you let go you have nothing other than him to hang onto. So hold on tight and enjoy your life!

New Year

I get excited about the new year. Not because its another year. No. Its not a bad thing it means we've lived through the last one (cruddy or not). I like the "new" part of it. People always set goals for the new year. I think that its a fantastic idea. This year take full advantage of the new. treat life like its totally new.Forgive and Forget the past so you can move on! Its time for change, good change, that will effect the rest of you life!! that's something to get excited about! If your not excited yet i give you this challenge... live life like everything is new. That means to take a lesson from 2 year olds. You know how they light up because of something that's not even important? And how they are wowed by everything? Yup that's your new years challenge! life will become exciting to you because it will seem new to you. And more people will want to be around you because of the positivity! :) Have fun with life and just love it!