Code Black Drone

The drone in this video was a birthday present from a good friend. The video is from the first time I took it out to learn how to fly it. (If you can't see it here, its on my YouTube channel.) I recently wrote the following poem about the experience. Nothing special, and yes, I took some artistic license with the sand dune imagery. Imagine a golf course. 

rising steadily
slightly cockeyed
the breeze makes it hard to see
is it the wind or the pilot
guiding that funky course
straight for the sand dune pile

plummeting naturally
in the way of gravity
no zigzag jerks to show control
or lack thereof more readily
the splash of sand rejoicing
set free in the open air

guiltily abandoned there
shocked and dazed it looks
despite the cold unthinking plastic life
metaphors wrapped in metaphors
some things simply are
a robot in the sand

Life is Amazing

http://scienceblog.com/60944/institutional-betrayal-magnifies-post-trauma-effects-of-unwanted-sexual-activity/

Today is Friday. An ordinary Friday. However, it is amazing what can happen in a week.

Two cases as examples:
First, we all complain about institutions. Especially ones which we feel did us some harm or feel that they handled something incorrectly. How much more so for people who have suffered from sexual abuse or harassment in an institutional setting, like colleges, military, and so on. As humans, we walk a fine line of being responsible for ourselves and responsible for others which gets lost in the fog of control.

Second, my personal week. In the last week I have written a sermon, hosted a special dinner party, run a 15K race, given a sermon, taught an Adult Christian Ed class, gone to class despite the distraction of my boyfriend visiting, gotten officially a year older, driven through five different states, seen an old friend, failed a major test, and been given wonderful presents, all with the prospects of good old friends to visit and more interesting work to come.

How much love do you have in your week?