#we will rise

[poetrybyonur]

We will rise. 🇹🇷

Photo taken by me in Gaziantep, where many have lost their lives, including a friend of mine.

Please donate to any disaster relief organisation in your country. ❤️‍🩹

[mos-twin-mattress]

Lift Every Voice and SING

Lift every voice and sing,

'Til earth and heaven ring,

Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the list'ning skies,

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,

Let us march on 'til victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,

Bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;

Yet with a steady beat,

Have not our weary feet

Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,

Out from the gloomy past,

'Til now we stand at last

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,

God of our silent tears,

Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;

Thou who has by Thy might

Led us into the light,

Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,

our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;

Shadowed beneath Thy hand,

May we forever stand,

True to our God,

True to our native land.

Written by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, this poem is often regarded as "The Black National Anthem"

His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music

Now more than ever I find myself listening to and humming this song.

I may no longer believe in God to the extent I did growing up, but I do believe that we will be lead from this dark place, it might be a long hard road yet to trod, but we will do it, we WILL make it through!

Our voices WILL be heard!

[timetotalkbeauty]

And I’m slipping down again.

[stuckinapril]

Honestly the cliche advice is true. If you fill your life w things you’re passionate about, if you challenge yourself every day, if you give your own opinion of yourself more weight than you do other people’s opinions of you, you will actually thrive. Like no one can tell u anything

[felucians]

Nex Benedict's death wasn't just for being transgender, it was for being native too. 2 Spirits are revered in many native cultures and it is a native-specific identity. This wasn't just a hate crime against trans & NB individuals, this was also a hate crime against Natives of Turtle Island.

You cannot separate Nex's trans identity from their native identity - this is a case of MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirits).

Native children being killed at school is nothing new, so it's equally important to talk about Nex's native identity and being intersectional, this is a devastating tragedy for indigenous people, the queer community & especially those of us who are both indigenous and queer.

May Nex rest in peace 🪶

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Shell quirks! Part 4, Mikey!

[1-2-3-4]

As a box turtle, Mikey can close his shell completely to keep out anything that might get in to bother him! Like annoying brothers, for example. Outta sight, outta mind lol

I used to make tons of Christmas cookies with extended family that I would bring home after the holiday, but alas, every single one would disappear come morning without a crumb for me. Either Santa stuck around another night or I lived with ravenous wolves rather than people! I ended up having to hide the stash to dole them out at a reasonable pace (while saving myself my share) lol

[forgetful-nerd]

We've all talked about Leo and his affinity with being thrown through windows, but has anyone else notice how frequently Raph get eye trauma?

[hashtagloveloses]

i dunno who needs to hear this but viz just put death note, inuyasha (all eps plus the movies), hunter x hunter (seasons 1-3), naruto (seasons 1-8), and sailor moon for free on youtube (subs only, and the sailor moon playlist includes the first three seasons of the reboot too). go HAM EVERYBODY!!!

[ditzyblues]

happy lesbian visibility week!! i've decided to dedicate this week to my OCs i mean Favorite ROTTMNT characters April and Casey ^_^

this is day 1 of #CaprilWeek2024 , prompt is VIGILANTE DATE! they are going to beat someone up.

[kathaynesart]

Out of the frying pan and into the fryer we go.

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Whew, finally done! Sorry it took so long, this is the largest update I've done yet clocking in at about 15 pages (compared to my usual 7-10). Also, congrats to those who guessed Todd for the distraction! Poor guy went through the last of his mystically preserved lemons just for this moment. What a bro.

[upon-the-snow]

early mornings after nightmares

[hitwiththetmnt]

Master Leonardo has some tricks to show Casey for his first Christmas

[risestarkiss]

Rise Ramblings #41

He's petty, your honor.✨

[l1-b1]

13 years of Ninjago! Can you believe that??

AND ITS STILL GOING???

[lanavecorona]

today i offer you tmnt art. tomorrow???? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tapakah0]

@somerandomdudelmao *cough-cough* *COUGH* Sorry I'm still not over this arc... *disappears*

Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life