Found Poem from conversation 1
Grief
Where our attention is
Juggle
Stresses inside and outside of life
Strangely joyful
Balance
Im tired
Marronage to tap in to our resilience and joy
Singing in a solitary cell
Being black what does that mean
Conversations getting harder
Business as usual - without acknowledging the time we are in
Screaming in the background
Weird tension of doing important work
How we present ourselves to us
We get there
How do we get there collectively
Build hold and heal
How do we do this
It’s too much
We need to do something
What it actually looks like - we are in it now
Changing times
That’s what we are experiencing
It’s messy
It’s big work
Found Poem from conversation 2
Hope and purpose
Longing
Back to back
Gratitude
Difficult to stop for a while
Start working through things
Find clarity to make major life decisions
Wild parts of ourselves we have domesticated
What we are told
Red herrings keep us distracted
What are the things I am chasing that have no legs to them
Discombobulated
Have faith
Shift the culture
Freedom
How do we do that
I’m at capacity
Survival
Collective numbness
Take flight
Co-created final Found Poem
Seeing clearly
Holding different emotions
It’s time to let go, to let change flow
Functional freeze
We’re holding so much, whilst still managing to work towards better.