Like you, I’m numb.
I don’t have the words to articulate the deep sadness I feel in every inch of my bones. Personally, this year has been rife with mourning, and this election’s outcome has broken a part of me.
At 1AM, I woke up from a nightmare in which my house was being ripped apart along with people I love. But I couldn’t exhale, knowing it was a dream. I rolled into my pillow and screamed and screamed and screamed.
I can’t fathom what’s to come, but only know that we can’t cower in the face of such vile, contemptible evil. We have to lift one another up, even when it’s dauntingly hard and we’re racked with grief, and his minions dance with glee.
So much is legitimized by this power-hungry hobgoblin – and I worry for us all, but especially for people of color, women, fellow LGBTQ-identified people, people with disabilities, and our environment.
People throw their hands up in these moments and claim some deity’s divine plan. I can’t, and not just because I don’t believe in any of that. If you for one second think His or Hers or Their plan is for some racist, misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ, Islamophobic sexual predator to become Commander-in-Chief of the United States, you really need to get your head checked. Clinton was beyond the most qualified candidate. And my skin crawls when I think about the Obamas leaving the White House to these creatures.
So many people’s lives will be impacted by this horror, and I’m fucking terrified.
Children will grow up with that rotting sack of human garbage in this country’s highest position of power, and aspire to sit there; it’s going to change people. Education will continue to suffer, and normalize this behavior.
America has officially become a toxic wasteland.
My bank account balance is in the double digits, and savings nonexistent. I want to sell everything, grab the dogs, and run into the night toward Canada. But I don’t have a valid passport and, really, nowhere is safe with this lunatic in power. The claustrophobia of being trapped is suffocating.
I don’t know if I can pick up the pieces of what’s been broken inside of me. But I’m going to try.
And I’ll be right here for each and every one of you, ready to mend as much as I can – as we step into the darkness together.
Fear. I can’t believe how afraid I am of this mad man. We know the US will go on, but how will the world see us? How will they treat us? Once the most powerful nation on earth, we are now a question mark. No, Canada is not the answer, but to stand and fight for what we know we are and can be. It’s going to be a tough four years, but perhaps those who supported this man will come to see the error of their ways. We can hope. We have to hope.
It still feels like a nightmare. I can’t believe it. We all have a lot of work to do to forge stronger ties with our communities and people at greatest risk. We must stand together.
Sending you lots of love. <3