And the Cursor Blinks...

Sitting in Starbucks,

The cursor blinks

On a snow white page.

Ideas,

Stories,

Whirl in my mind.

A blog post,

Another,

And another.

My story,

Maggie and Sully,

Begs for attention.

Write me,

They beg.

And yet,

I stare at the blank white page.

The cursor blinks.

My mind travels

Over 8,000 miles away

To New Zealand.

I feel hopeless

So I search online.

Reading Samira Ahmed’s tweet,

I click over and donate.

Reading Kate and Laurie’s tweets,

I buy more books.

It’s not enough.

It’s never enough.

I sit in Starbucks and pray.

And pray.

Pray.

Pray.

My heart breaks.

And breaks some more.

I send more love out into the world.
As the cursor blinks.

If you’d like to donate, HERE is the link.

And I want to send some love your way. My class and I shared this beautiful book by Hena Khan just a few weeks ago. I would love to send a copy to one of my readers because I agree with Kate. If you would like to be entered in the drawing for this beautiful picture book, please fill out the Google Form below. I will pick one person by this Wednesday, the 20th, and send it your way.