There will be births
today. And deaths.
Some will (make) love,
some will lose all.
And for some
today's just another day.
Fifteen years ago, I was supposed to run a 10K. A 10K on 10-10-10. For charity. We were supporting an organisation that helped girls in India get an education. But, not long before that, I tore my ACL. It was repaired, and I was recovering. I just had not recovered enough to run a 10K. So, I used my bike and biked the 10 kilometers. In Riga, the capital of Latvia, where I then lived. And I recorded my ride on video. Not really something that many people did back then. On that day, however, people all over the world filmed a bit of their day to participate in the One Day On Earth project.
Despite all the noise of content created on social media, this still is a beautiful idea. Not just random dopamine fixes in your feed, but a tapestry of human stories. Stories people live on that single day on that singular planet.
And that inspired the poem above.
In the header image, you see a monument in Riga, that was my start and finish for the 10K charity ride.
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