Since watching Cory Booker’s record breaking filibuster I have been reevaluating where my place is in this movement and how I plan to cause Good Trouble. Ultimately, I have decided it is to use my love of writing and words.

I have many poems written in the spirit of Good Trouble from past movements, as well as current events. Going forward I will be posting here in the Good Trouble Poems feed, along with writing new poems to be added to the collection.

But I do not plan to stop there. I will be bringing back my informative articles to this site and every social platform to help get the message out. These articles will not only be informative but will focus on historical parallels and lessons that we can learn from past failures of humanity.

It is clear that we are in for a long ride when it comes to saving our democracy and human decency. We can not back down and let their hate win. It’s going to be detrimental that we remember:

Our diversity is our strength. Our ability to have empathy for what we do not understand is our strength. Our ability to recognize that we are not all supposed to be the same and believe the same is our strength.

We can not let them strip that from us.

We must keep fighting the good fight

We must get out there and get into Good Trouble!

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I hope you are reading these words hundreds of years later

I hope I am history

I hope we didn’t fuck up too much

I hope everything worked out in the end

I hope you are reading these words

because the Earth is still around

I hope humans finally figured it out

3.

I am little but I am mighty

My voice may shake but I will keep fighting

Fighting for our human rights

and standing up for what is morally right 

Who are they to control our bodies?

And decide who is worthy?

Worthy of their grace

A spot at their table of hate

It is becoming abundantly clear 

the time for this is overdue and oh so near

We must revive this country into something new

A country that cares for its people

Not the greedy and deceitful

4.

Life is weird lately —

Everyone is selling their souls to capitalism 

In return they aren’t even able to afford a home

Life is weird lately —

We are all just scrolling on our phones and dissociating 

Meanwhile, innocent families are dying from bombs

and political ties are allowing it all

Life is weird lately —

Everyone is walking around like everything is okay

Despite the fact that the human species

is killing our planet further each and everyday

Life is weird lately —

We are all thinking about our next post

Instead of how to solve the issues that impact us the most

Life is just so damn weird lately —

5.

The South likes to believe their hospitality makes them genuine

Truly, most southerners live their lives believing they are caring empathetic humans adding good to the world for serving someone in need a plate of biscuit and gravy

But what happens when you look past the plate of biscuit and gravy and take a look at who is serving it?

You are more than likely to find someone who is judging you and gossiping about you to all who will listen about your situation. 

Someone who discriminates with their generosity and luckily your skin is white

Someone who spends their free time spewing their bigotry with a keyboard and a comment section 

Someone who deceives flawlessly through a face of kindness 

Someone who will most likely never see the errors of their ways 

But hey they are helping you out right

6.

Little girl who is angry at the world

your emotions are valid and should be heard

Little girl with the drive to learn

make it known that you will not be deterred 

Little girl with a soul of fire

use that to fuel all your passions and desires

Little girl do not ever let them talk you out of your dreams

because you were meant to do magnificent things

7.

I am determined to bring change to a world of demise

Even if it is just a little

My words will rise

This Earth is too beautiful to 

let her slip out from below our feet

Although I must admit this challenge ahead of me 

will be hard to complete 

No matter how tough I will stand my ground

and fight for Mother Nature to stay around

8.

Activism is in my bones

It is all I talk about in my home

I debate about all of the things that are not right

and strive to make change and bring these issues to light 

I may be a small human being

but my love for this world is going to help change things 

9.

I feel so passionately about things

I overly obsess about positive change 

Just sitting here thinking about

being a part of important historical moves 

has my insides jumping from side to side

My body is completely willing to be at the

head of the picket line

Screaming and demanding justice

for all of mankind 

10.

Little girl sitting behind that desk

never stop doing your best 

Never let them take away your drive to

strive for greatness 

You are what this country will need to 

reach its full potential

11.

Every time I turn on my TV

I see another thing that makes me want to protest in the streets 

We must start speaking up for ourselves

and stop letting the rich make us weak

They take us for fools

and have, always

It is now the time to make our voices heard

because frankly,

they have been quieted for far too long

12.

I may be shy but that will ultimately become irrelevant 

I cannot sit by idly while my future is at risk

Everything we have fought for 

they would love to take it away

And they will not stop there

They will continue to take

They will take from the people and this Earth until

they break

It is our civil duty to put a stop to this

Before they put our whole democracy at risk

13.

Feminism is a way of life

It is deciding to stand up and fight

Breaking down gender roles

Setting higher goals

It is making sure the world knows

we are so much more than our body shows

Never backing down

and conforming to the “traditional way”

Staying true to yourself every single day

Only you decide who you are and your worth

Not some useless jerk

14.

I would love to be a politician someday

Once I can get over all my self dismay

Once I find my true voice

I will be strong enough to fight for the people of my town

Fight for their rights and the future of my home ground

Help it to become a place to be proud of

Instead of the dump that I had to crawl out of

A place that cares about all human race

and not just the whiteness of your face

Plus, I want to lead the way for climate change

and ensure our Earth and its species are here to stay

15.

I come from a generation that was destined to be progressive 

A fresh set of humans living a life of desegregation

With no prior knowledge of our race’s separations 

We knew a world before everything was technologically easy

We then grew up learning how to adapt to it quickly 

We have mentally prepared ourselves for two “end of the world” events

That gave us the strength to never give in

We have watched our country go from the vision it was trying to create in the sixties

To relapsing into its older and unacceptable ways so insensitively 

It is us that will eventually change this country into a more unified place 

A country that truly cares about its people and its land

Instead of the top one percent always coming in first place 

We will rebuild this country and bring happiness back to the middle class

No more being robbed with our hands tied behind our back

16.

Corporate America has ruined everything

It has taken the American dream and turned

it into a nonexistent thing 

This country has turned into one big hoax

A country that runs away from its problems

and paints a pretty picture for show

We have turned into a country of greed

One that no longer cares about our fellow human beings 

Only what is in our bank accounts matters most

You are broke, so that the rich can rejoice 

They take your money and feed their need

to run everything

They have you so fooled it is truly sickening

watching you all fall for their schemes

17.

I do not strive to be extremely rich

I just want to comfortably live

Have bougie weekends if I want  

Without stressing about the consequences of it all

I work my ass off in this country

I at least deserve a life without stress

Just like the top one percent 

18.

I grew up in a time where women took

center stage and showed the world

their true strength 

I have watched us transform over the years

No longer afraid to face our fears 

Standing up to a system that wants us to

stay stuck in our place

Breaking down barriers so that others can run the race

We are understanding we are better off as a team

It is how we will be able to concur all our dreams

We are embracing our qualities and making plans

Together we will succeed and make a difference on this land!

19.

A lot of humans truly think that racism is no longer

found in American communities

We are fed this lie that we are all equal

As we should be

Unfortunately, for most those lessons are not

continued at home

There, most are taught differently

You hear your parent’s opinion 

and it is hard to unsee

This type of hatred festers and breeds

continuing the cycle of silent hatred in the streets 

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The Modern-Day Feminist

I was born with this fight inside me

passed down by the women before me

It’s embedded in my DNA code

A vital part of my soul

So, I carry it with me wherever I go

It is in every decision I make

down every road I take

I even wear it all over my face

It is this part of me that keeps me going

Because of it I will never give up

The generations that come after me

Will know this as a fact

Because it will be our generation’s 

feminist movement that brings 

their rights back