Be relentless

 We can't afford not to feel

We can't afford not to speak

We can't affort to live

in a daze of

"seen it all before"

"it will never stop"

If we are to survive

We must learn to look ahead

And walk forward

Without ceding the torch

They crave

To light their own lives

And to burn ours down

Be relentless. 

Be forceful.

Be glaring.

Be ready to burn it all

To refuse to be tricked into pity

Make them think you've forgotten

And you've given up

And shock them 

Without grace

And with all the strength you have

Call back your power

without apology

And intend to use it

Fuel one another

Create plans of Never-Ending-Days

Where they must beg you

For your permission to breathe

And then you decide