Because survivalism is not just an exercise in possibility
And the question is not ever When
Because the answer would be Now
Always
Every day
Because the mechanisms of survival are ever-present
Though they are shifting/changing/modernizing
Just as the mechanisms for genocide do the same
Because one day we hope our babies will grow into adults
If they make it out of teen-age
Out of childhood
Out of infancy
Out of our wombs
We have to teach them how to survive
How to make it in a world that seeks their blood
That seeks their breath
We have to teach them how to be free
But first we have to learn our selves
But first we have to see Our Selves
And them
And each other
As worthy of freedom
No matter what they wear
Or what they listen to
Or how they speak
Or who they love
Or what they eat/drink/smoke
No matter if they are not respectable
They are still worthy of respect
Of life
Because if we don’t see the value in our children/
In our lives
No one will
Love Good Live Free 