Solastalgia

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As wikipedia defines it:

Solastalgia (/ˌsɒləˈstældʒə/) is a neologism, formed by the combination of the Latin words sōlācium (comfort) and the Greek root -algia (pain, suffering, grief), that describes a form of emotional or existential distress caused by environmental change. It is best described as the lived experience of negatively perceived environmental change. A distinction can be made between solastalgia linked to distress about what is in the process of negatively perceived change and eco-anxiety linked to what may happen in the future, associated with “pre-traumatic stress.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solastalgia

But where does this leave society, humanity?

Grasping for stability, hoping for hope.
Dreaming of safety, longing for love.

We’re separating from each other, becoming isolated,
all-the-while becoming more entrenched in our desperation to not be depressed,
while becoming more depressed.

There is simply nothing being done to avoid the catastrophe coming at us.
We’re being warned, made aware of the truth in science and society
that we are unable to cease our greed and desire for excess consumption,
more than we need, and more than this world has to give us.

After a medical procedure, used the time to catch up on some TV, especially moved by Apple TV’s Extrapolations.

AI is causing a convergence of tech, and a divergence in awareness at a rate that i’ve never witnessed. If we are to continue forward, something needs done… but what?!?

…a commune? travel? retreat? revolt? rebellion? ignorance?

waiting for tomorrow 

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i’ve tried to live in the moment
it works, for a time, then passes
slowly, i find, in my mind: a rhyme
taking me to the next step, a rep-
itition, a cycle of moonrise and sunset.

have i found a new beginning?
or just an end that starts anew?
i’m waiting for tomorrow
to bring all i never knew
i sleep, repeat,
wake to see today
i toss and turn
a dream that just won’t go away
a change is brewing
i feel, i know: foresee
but the details are so hazy,
unclear, unknown, where i’m going to be

so i face into the wind
grounded, stable and true
what’s next doesn’t matter
as long as i’m with you.

i smile into the future
never swaying far from here
where that is i cannot say
but it’s not a place of fear

rather comfort, blind insight
deeply guided compassion
gratitude unending
a culture of love as fashion

so where to go?
how to be? me!
aware, not scared
alive and free

release political boundaries
allow peace to thrive unending
sweep corruption from the norm
awaken a society of trending
toward positivity and love
of hope and dreams of all we can be
we are the one together