#theheartseen #213 fresh & fun additions...
-others just a few words.. i work out the rest
-still others, a begining, and ending, one or both, i fill the rest in
and sometimes, just the idea of... i work out the whole thing
-sometimes they rhyme; sometimes they don't; sometimes they are hybrids
-some are short, some medium, some epic..
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sometimes i have time, immediately to work the poem out to completion
sometimes, i don't.
sometimes, it arrives in small pieces, over a long time; sometimes pieces throughout a week; or a day
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all of that to say: i have 2 poems currently in progress and i do not know when the windows of time will appear for me to complete them; so, i am sharing process here:
1. zero poem (that is to be the title) it is a play on words to be sure
of course it does not mean, -zero, as in no praying.. rather, it IS an actual prayer i pray to Jesus, where i say, "return me to zero Jesus" -this is a short cut communication, Jesus already knowing what it means
what does it mean? it means i recognize at certain times in my life; in my youth; i had zero concerns about this or that.. i had zero concerns because i had not yet been exposed to the potential of something going very wrong..
i.e., zero concerns about accidents; zero concerns about getting too little sleep; zero concerns about drownings; zero concerns regarding the faithfulness of friends; zero concerns about... [fill in the blank]
now, at near 60 years old; of course i have had through actual life experience; through other people's very real testimonies; through movies; through books; through radio; through non and fiction
and these 'going very wrong' sides reveal themselves; accumulate decade by decade; i mean, can any product from food, to furniture, to gifts be purchased that does not have a warning label of one kind or another.
i pause to remember.. wow! at one point i was free from all these concerns.. what a glorious freedom we might not even realize we are enjoying! and of course,
we learn from; we learn to avoid this; take precautions here; keep your antennas up over here; take safety classes; due diligence.. we don't deny; we don't ignore; we walk hand in hand with risk factors
and i lean on.. don't worry about anything; pray about everything
this is my practice. and it takes a lot of practice. but my short cut prayer, i say, 'return me to zero Jesus!' on the inside; how i feel inside
when i didnt even know i needed to worry about.. and it turned out that i didn't.
and i do actually get to re-experience that level of peace sometimes; -imagine that.
but this time around i am conscious of it.
selah! hallelujah & amen.
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the other poem in progress, had to do with having the light returned to my eyes.. i said that to my children long ago.. "when you two are in college, i'm going to work for former President Jimmy Carter, -help with human trafficking, and help return the light into the victims eyes
-this never manifested
however, i am aware of how evil steals the light; and how God can restore it
God placed it on my heart, that the light in my eyes.. that has been restored in my eyes
Son beams. and now that is how i look at others, the lens with which i look through..
so if i am looking at you, you are receiving the love, light, warmth, of Son beams..
and the heat too..
i can see with the ability to burn write through.. to scorch..
and this poem contains those ideas in essence.
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zero prayer * son beams these are 2 poems in progress; brewing inside me now..
with no idea when they will be completed.
"cheers!" to the brewing process.. amen.
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/but not the best halloween party we'll ever have...
YOU BROUGHT IT AGAIN! great costumes, conversations, energy.. and amazing food/dessert contributions!
Co-creators of great times, that so quickly become great memories...
We love you!
Happy Halloween 2024!
" I SEE YOU HERE NEXT YEAR... I SEE EVERYTHING.."
This is a
public safety nightmare. We are in a
state of emergency.
We continue
to advocate for Dignity Acres Emergency Campground.
And advocate
for Santa Clara County Fairgrounds as the place
for Dignity
Acres Emergency Campground.
The
fairgrounds has over 100 acres. The
fairgrounds already has infrastructure.
The
fairgrounds give first responders a place to relocate homeless individuals
IMMEDIATELY. NOW. TODAY. While we
resolve the crisis in a more comprehensive way.
And This
would be appropriate use of Prop 1 funding.
We are RE-submitting here today, Our outline for
Dignity
Acres Emergency Campground.
Which is
available to the public at NOTonNOBLE.blogspot.com
60 SECONDS @ the SUMMIT, by Robert
The term
homeless is too one-sided and misleading. The homeless we see on the streets
are not in their situation because of financial difficulty. The people who end up homeless are the ones
who destroy their relationships by their own actions. The actions that force
friends, family, and apartment managers to have these dysfunctional people
removed from their residence are as follows:
physical
violent assaults,
intimidation,
fear,
threats,
stealing,
destroying
the property,
drug addiction,
verbal assault,
conducting
criminal activity,
not respecting others,
not obeying
the home rules,
filth,
and refusing
to be productive and get a job.
Just draining their friends and family financially and mentally. After many chances, there comes a point when their friends and family can’t take the abuse from them anymore and they must leave.
NOTE: there were a few people talking over robert's 60 seconds, 'homeless arent criminals!'
/which brings me over and over to: YES, a % of them are! there is more than one demographic; the homeless population colonizing our creeks, and sleeping/begging in front of our local businesses are not 100% domestic abuse victims, or 100% people unable to find affordable housing
exactly the point robert was making..
60 SECONDS @ the SUMMIT, by Tom
Homelessness has become a major crisis in my City, and yet, it isn’t being treated as such. The number of people living on the streets in San Jose rivals those left homeless after earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, and floods. But, for San Jose’s homeless disaster, no federal relief is available. Why is that? Isn’t the suffering of homeless people just as real as the suffering of those displaced by catastrophic events?
The time to act is now! It’s time to lobby the federal government for funding, and It’s time to build-back our mental health and drug rehabilitation institutions. Doing so will take many years, so, in the meantime, we must immediately build tent cities large enough to shelter the entire homeless population of San Jose. Too, it’s time to find new, innovative solutions. The course of action taken thus far has been a very expensive, and very massive failure, with the biggest outcome being an ever-increasing population of those living on the streets.
We the taxpayers, will no longer accept the current trend of slowly building expensive temporary shelters for a projected outcome that only addresses a small percentage of the needed units, and which won’t come online until many years from now. Concurrently, the City is funneling the lion’s share of funding to non-profits to care for the homeless on the streets. This is a failed business model that only serves the non-profits. It doesn’t get people off the streets, in fact, it enables them to remain on the streets.
San Jose not only tolerates camping in public spaces, but encourages it by providing free goods and services like food, medicine, transportation and healthcare to campers. People in need will always migrate to where their needs are met—it’s human nature. People migrate from all over the country to live homeless in San Jose. They survive on the streets with no money, no home, no car, no insurance, and no food. The only thing they aren’t given are the tools needed for reintegration!
60 SECONDS @ the SUMMIT, by Elva
Here is a version of my commentary given at the Unhoused Summit last week. The actual in-person commentary had to be a bit cut short, due to time limitation.
The explosion of mentally ill and drug addicted living in squalor in our streets and in our creeks is destroying the quality of our lives. The lives of the invisible community of residents affected by this crisis. The same community you keep looking to as taxpayers for solutions to this crisis. The community that is not represented here on any panels, either.
The mentally ill and drug addicted floundering on streets need to be stabilized in residential treatment facilities, not in safe sleeping sites, not in expensive Tiny Homes, and definitely not in permanent housing.
The County of Santa Clara, not the City, not the Water District, has the legal jurisdiction, funding and technical expertise to take care of those with mental health and drug addiction (behavioral) issues living on our streets.
The City and County’s singular focus in addressing this crisis by providing exorbitant funding to community non-profit service providers as the primary solution to the homeless crisis has been a massive failed solution, with no accountability for results. The growing inhumane suffering of the homeless on our streets is a loud and clear broadcast of the failure of these non-profits to manage and improve this crisis. It's time to stop funding failure. ( i underlined that...)
It is mind boggling that after 3 hours of discussion from government agencies and non-profits here today at this unhoused summit, I did not hear any new solutions to this crisis that does not involve seeking more funding from taxpayers.
The County has under-utilized land available throughout the 15 cities (not just in SJ) under its jurisdiction which must be explored to develop residential treatment facilities for the homeless who are mentally ill and drug addicted.
The County keeps buying up hospitals, but continues to shirk its responsibility of utilizing these facilities it acquires as desperately needed mental health and drug rehab institutions to house and treat our mentally ill and drug addicted. Please start acting on behalf of the people you were elected to represent.
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from the archives: roundtable flyer from NOTonNOBLE protest
while we are on this topic: