Think about what that means...
I'm tired of hearing

"that sounds good"

when you haven't considered

the implications

when you haven't read beyond

the headline, the catchphrase

the well-turned marketing campaign

when you haven't questioned

the words

when you haven't looked

beneath the surface

to the ripples that move there

that reach far, go deep

the ones that have razor edges

and teeth

when you haven't looked at a classroom and known that

one in three girls.... one in five boys...

suffer the unspeakable

and that it returns, again and again and again and...

that there is no standard

for hunger

for illness, addiction, fear, joblessness, homelessness, hopelessness...

that mighty ripples, rip-tides, waves

move beneath the surface, behind closed doors

behind those eyes

think about what that means

before you say "that sounds good"

ask yourself "good for who?"

ask "why?"