Anyone else find themselves perusing the ever changing news these days? Its like watching a constant ticker-tape of conflictions. I felt compelled to write something about this and this is what came out.
Resisting temptation,
Pausing for thought,
Take a deep breath,
Don’t offer retorts!
Do not hit send
When you wish to defend,
Delete your smart comments
Aimed to offend
Nobody is listening to
Witty asides
Or deftly penned insults!
So much anger inside
Nobody cares
Or read your shares
Blinkered you say?
Is it beyond hope?
Too far gone
To care or to cope!
Oligarchs smirk
Sit back and observe
A clever hoax
The pawns in the game
Broken, and in pain
Just for an oligarch's personal gain
Who are the bullies
Pushing your buttons?
Rage and riot,
Kick and shout
Adults pulling hair out
Horse tramples your neighbor
Under hooves roll!
Crowd control?
Why?
What sense is there?
We are all the same!
Let us re-frame
Repair, unite
Together again
(I need to take my own advice and stop being tempted to respond to things on social media with a witty comment or intelligent argument, I start to reply and then sheepishly go delete delete delete. But sometimes I hit send……..)
Well said, Valerie. You did a fantastic job of capturing the essence of what it is like watching the ever-changing news these days. It is hard to keep up with all the chaos!