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You are not welcome
Here,
With your
Contaminated fear.
You are not welcome
Here,
With words that hurt
And terms that mean to harm, divert,
Self-aggrandize, and
Smear.
There is a bigger risk
In hate
Than in keeping
Near.
You are not welcome
Here,
If you weaponize worry
To steer
Away from empathy,
Away from truth,
Away from the real challenges we share
As we ride great distances
On this one
Sphere.
Call this by its name.
Not by the rhetoric
Of racist,
Misinforming
Jeer.
Address it not in
Murky swamps
That deliberately
Throw mud into the
Gears.
Humanity is better
Than your insatiable need
To infect the
Atmosphere.
We’re on to you.
We see.
We hear.
We will hold steady to what
Matters.
We support the hardworking, factual and
Compassionately
Sincere.
But you?
You are not welcome
Here.
For Linda Hill’s SoCS writing prompt: Welcome
Na'ama Yehuda 
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Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
AdeleRyanMcDowell.com Adeleandthepenguin.com MakingPeacewithSuicide.com Channeledgrace.com
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Thank you, dear Adele …
(You, on the other hand, are MOST WELCOME here….) xoxo
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Hear, hear! 👍🏻
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🙂 Thank you …
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You’re welcome.
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🙂
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Oh, I so like this. I hear the voice, determined, unshaking, with a care for the world
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Thank you, my dear!
I am pleased my voice of care was clear! 🙂
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Hard to trump that.
Thank you as always, Na’ama
Stay well and make noise.
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Ha! Yep, noisy me remains noisy! 😉
You take good care, too! These aren’t easy times for anyone, and for some they might be extra-tender. So … gentle we go (noisily or not…)
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