Name: Carrying On
Duration: P00H04M30S
Description: Written early in year 2 of the pandemic, thinking about all the children experiencing trauma during this time.

Carrying On

from The Dance by Julie Unpronounceable

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Written early in year 2 of the pandemic, thinking about all the children experiencing trauma during this time.

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I’m sorry you’re tired
But
You’re going to need
To listen to your children
When they tell you their friends are dying
Because if they believe
You cannot handle it
Or that it isn’t important to you
That they let you know
They will bury it
Deep in a field
Inside themselves
Called carrying on.
And at 26 or so,
Your child will wake up
Unable to carry on any longer
Because the graveyard is full
And there are no vacancies
When carrying on
Precedes
The truth.
Carrying on is a field,
Yes.
But your children are human
And some of them
Have not yet learned
What it’s like to breathe
Air
Without flames.
I sincerely hope
Your children
Rise like a Phoenix
But you’re gonna need fertile soil
Water
And a strong picture of safety
They can keep in their pockets
For when the fires
Spread quickly through
Their classrooms.
They’re going to need their mom
And dad
To sit at a table with them
And listen to every detail
That touches them
Because
If you don’t listen
They may never let it out
In its purest form.
They may learn to hide behind strength
More than they speak the truth
Because your children need you
More than anything.
Do not push them away.
Even if they do that to you.
Let them grieve in your arms.
Hold them close.
Nourish them.
Show them
They do not need to carry on like this
Because love will carry them on
So much further
And kinder
In a world
Of unnecessary and impossible
Death.

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from The Dance, released January 11, 2023
Photo by Sara Tomczuk

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Julie Unpronounceable Boston, Massachusetts

Docu-Post-Rock-Eclectic Singer/Songwriter

Julie Unpronounceable has a heart that's maybe a little too big, so she pours it into containers called 'songs' with words, bleeps, bloops, and musical instruments.

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The Dance

Jan 2023
Do You Know?

May 2020
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Dec 2019
Guidelines

May 2018
Planetarium

Mar 2010

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