we write about holding on to what it means to be human for the sake of all of us

we’re angry
we’re grieving
we’re living in fear

let’s not use that against each other
let’s use it for each other

not love as performance
not empathy as obligation
but luv, the simple act of recognizing one another as human

we are human first
before right or left
before Christian or atheist
before ideology or any religion

before legal or illegal

here, we choose dignity over division
care over cruelty
humanity, intact