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8:53 pm - Tue, Jan 24, 2023: 412 notes

We Should Be Well Prepared

by Mary Oliver
The way the plovers cry goodbye.
The way the dead fox keeps on looking down the hill with open eye.
The way the leaves fall, and then there’s the long wait.
The way someone says we must never meet again.
The way mold spots the cake,
The way sourness overtakes the cream.
The way the river water rushes by, never to return.
The way the days go by, never to return.
The way somebody comes back, but only in a dream.

2:43 am - Tue, Dec 6, 2022: 1,309 notes

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liberaljane:

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities!
For the 1 billion people in the world with #disabilities, bodily autonomy is a right but not always a reality.
One in five women will experience a #disability in her lifetime. Yet women with disabilities are up to 10 times more likely to experience gender-based violence, and are often prevented from accessing sexual and reproductive health care.
An inclusive and equitable world is possible, but only if we respect and protect the rights of people with disabilities
#StandUp4HumanRights #IDPD #IDPD2022
Created with UNFPA

[Digital illustration of three people. From left to right is a Black fem with a leg prosthetic wearing an oversized blue hoodie, a nonbinary asian person in a wheelchair holding a sign that reads, ‘people with disabilities have a right to make their own decisions about their bodies and lives.’ and a Latina woman with an amputated arm wearing a purple dress and corset.]