I cannot put it any better than Jane Hirshfield. This is a time of crisis. I have hope that the recent deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti will be the catalyst for the change that must come. I am so angry and saddened that they had to die for their values; values that I share. I am so grateful that they put themselves on the line for those values. Those who can march and protest, please continue. Artists, writers, poets, and performers who make art in resistance, please continue. I am one small woman behind you all, crying real tears and grasping desperately to these threads of hope. 

Poems in a Time of Crisis Jane Hirshfield on Substack