20offense
The smell of Thanksgiving cooking in the oven
The bubbling of the green bean casserole
The popping of the turkey frying
The sound of the water running out of the kitchen faucet onto the dirty dishes
The chatter of the family you haven’t seen or heard from in a year
The orange, brown and red leaves falling from the treetops to the despair of the browning ground
The screaming of all the men watching the football game because their favorite team scored
Everyone is doing something
But not you
You are just staring off
Not taking in the sights, sounds or smells
Your dwelling on a post that someone made on facebook
A 140 character tweet that someone tweeted
You take offense because you believe it is about you
You don’t notice your family
You don’t notice the fact that dinner is only one half hour away
You notice the words on a screen that was made by someone behind a keyboard
You notice the vague, meaningless tweet or post
You never come to think that they could be talking about someone else
You see the words “meaningless” “trash” “what a take over”
Your mind says “Oh Crap they have trash to talk, what can I say about them”
The walk from the end seat at the kitchen table to the back door is longer than you expected
No one seems to notice that you moved and that you are alive
They are all busy screaming at the television, talking about what dog they should get or watching the timer on the oven
And you?
Well you're thinking about what you can put into 140 characters
Not the beauty of who doesn’t have facebook or twitter
And who doesn’t have trash to talk
Welcome to 2015
Welcome to the era that everyone takes offense to 140 characters
Welcome to equality
Welcome
Welcome
Welcome to 20offense
Welcome to 2015
2015 is the year that a woman decided to run for president
It is the year that same sex marriage became legal
The year that you can take a picture add text on it and send it to one or multiple person with only them viewing it
The year that mocking a black boy (innocent or not) and his death became everyone’s top priority
The year that going viral made someone famous
It is also the year that you take offense to a flag, a post, tweet or how someone dresses
It is that part of the year that is coming to an end in a couple months
You open the door and feel the cold air rush
You instantly pay attention because you do not want to freeze to death
You decide that instead of going outside to create some comeback you come back in to look at what you have
You turn around and say “HI” to that cousin from some relative or is he your uncle
You walk back into the kitchen but keep going
You smile at your mom and grandma and walk into the living room
You look around and feel content and happy
Slowly taking in the sights, smells and sounds you appreciate what you have
It is only temporary and you take note of that
Realizing that if you were to tweet those 140 characters or making that post you would have stooped down to their level
You know that you are not for sure who if anyone they were talking about
The smartphone that was on and the twitter app open is now off and in your pocket
Everyone is doing something
Including you
Welcome to the end of 2015