There is a darkness in this world right now, and those of you who can feel it already know what I mean.

There are people in this world who are not people, who are battery sources for darkness. Their eyes are open, empty, a black abyss of hatred. Twisted smiles of entitlement and smug ignorance. Their souls are on standby now- they’ve been locked out from the real energy of this world, and who they used to be is gone now.

You loved some of these people. They’ve become monsters, someone you cannot recognize. A straw person who spews vitriol and sickness, who is proud of their lack of empathy. Loud, brutish, cruel, smug. You stare at them in disbelief- who are you? Who have you become? What have you done with the person I once loved?

People who no longer even remotely try to step out of your path, who dare you to run into them. People who crowd into your space to sneer and spout nonsense. People who are on the brink of fury at any second, who lose control at the slightest inconvenience. People with absolutely bonkers driving on the road, who seem to have no regard for any other driver.

It is so tiring to be Someone Who Can See right now. There are so few of us in the world right now, who know what is really happening, even if we don’t have words for it. We know this isn’t right. Something about this, All of This, is… off. It’s been off for a long time (since 2012 if you ask me, maybe even 2010), but this year we have spiraled completely into The Matrix. 

There is some kind of hypnosis spun across this country, some kind of zombie-esque illness. Screen-induced blankness. This country has revealed itself to be some kind of modern day Dante’s Inferno, and we just keep finding new layers of Hell to fall into.

I hope we can all hang on. I feel like we have a long way to go before we see the bottom. We have to do what we can to hang onto the Light, because there are so many people employed as fire extinguishers right now.

They don’t get to win.

We cannot let them win.