What else but to look forward? To stare into the abyss and know...

What else but to look forward? To stare into the abyss and know that it’s staring back. To walk into the darkness and bring our light with us, to be the light that spreads and illuminates and teaches all those accustomed to shadow to fall in love with the glow. I will walk, I will crawl, I will run, sprint, and leap forward, but it’s forward I will go. Know this: I will bring you with me, I will stand behind you, ANY and all of you, and I will fight for you. With you. I will fight for your right to love, whomever you choose to love, live here peacefully no matter the god you pray to or the way you worship, start a family, receive the care you need, receive the medicine you need. I will fight to make sure you are paid equally, hired fairly, and feel no fear being the person you were born to be. I will fight and I will fight with love, with fierce opposition to hate, with patience and a strength that only belongs to those who love all, with equal depth and fervor.

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We are here, at the edge of the waters, and they are stormy and filled with rage and threat. We are ships not built to harbor, we are the sailing type, and so it’s to the fray we must go. Know I am here, know I am with you, know I am always going to be. Sometimes, we must be the light, and chase out the dark.