Happiness. It's relative.
Posted on January 18, 2016 by Jan Wilberg
I miss militancy. I miss radicals.
I miss relentless insistence. I miss confrontation. I miss fearlessness. I miss anger.
I miss eloquence. I miss clarity. I miss innocence and guilt.
I miss the love of justice. I miss the power.
I miss my obligation. I miss the people we should have become.
I miss Martin Luther King.
Category: WritingTags: civil rights, MLK Day, racism, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, social justice


What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.
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I miss them all, too. Where are our radicals?
Thanks, Jan. I miss it too. And yet it is here. Still, it doesn’t have enough power–yet–to change things. Hopefully, it will.