Truth.
How much can we handle?
How do we find what's true
when the world is upside down
and filtered to us through
a madman's lens?
Haven't we been here before?
We fought fascism and authoritarianism
in World War II
and never dreamed
it could happen
in North America,
"the land of the free".
Truth:
the oligarchs are siphoning
riches into their bank accounts
as fast as they can.
Truth:
Congress is not doing its job,
fearful of a demented leader.
Truth:
The madman started
what could turn into World War III
on a whim, with no plan
how to stop it,
even as he sets his sights on
the next "excursion"/distraction.
About the impact of his actions
on all living beings
on the planet:
"I don't care," he said.
Truth.
The only true words he has ever spoken.
Truth:
The power is in the people,
yet the polling booths
are under attack
by voter suppression.
Prepare for your next vote
with everything you have.
Democracy is on the line.
Truth:
I am way too tired,
after a lifetime
of human rights movements,
to be worrying this much
in my last years.
Truth:
we can't stop resisting.
Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren
and all other beings
deserve a future.
It is very frightening, isn't it, how quickly truth has gotten lost in the muck. I wonder if it will return in my lifetime. And, yes, the words "I don't care" spoke loud and clear!
ReplyDelete"Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren
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deserve a future."...very few, alas are concerned about the future and children. I hope things change soon.
And all those emissions from the war and burning oil are just adding to the impending catastrophe... just so sad :(
ReplyDeleteYou are right. It is something that just could not have happened except it did. We got through WW2 now we have to overcome Hitler's protegee somehow. We just have to. Sickening situation. God help us all !.....Rall
ReplyDeleteSe pensarmos em nossos filhos, netos e quem sabe nos bisnetos, masi aterrorizadas ficaremos ao ver que onde podem, nos mentem...Tá feio o cenário! beijos, chica
ReplyDeleteI can sense the exhaustion of fighting for what is 'right' and just - I hope others will feel the same and always fight for the next generation - Jae
ReplyDeletethe plutocrats never gave up. there are still monarchies and central banks. since they didn't give up, neither can the rest of us. was it jefferson who said, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty?
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