current events – One Woman's Quest

Commentary

Prevarication
the new hegemony

Lawlessness mocks
governing principles

Body of democracy
faltering beneath weight

archaic ideologies –
dangerous take on leadership.

(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)

Sinking

Ignore the dead
the ocean of grief
capsizing humanity

Keep bailing on reality
conspiracy lacks an oar
we drown without compassion

(Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)

Yesterday I had to tell a young woman that the charity who were offering free flights out of Poland has discontinued the program. She shared that the countries around the Ukraine have also withdrawing help.

What could I say?

Many of us have stopped watching the news as the devastation is overwhelming. Television outlets now minimize reporting.

History repeats itself because humanity lacks the stamina to for the long haul. As many as 15 million Ukrainians will be displaced because of this war joining the 100 million displaced due to other world conflict.

I don’t have the answer to this dilemma; I’m just stating what I observe. Our collective priorities do not offer solutions. We fear losing our own status quo.

Understood. Turn away, but please, stay informed.

(Image mine)

Wailing

Our world spins
in contradictions –
grief prominent

Women and children
facing oppression

Indigenous souls
coming home –

So many dying
courtesy of lies

If there is a song
for our times
it is a wailing.

(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Art my own)

Disillusioned

How did this chasm,
this canyon of lies
become our normal?

Facts, once the sword
of intellect, redundant –
we fight with hyperbole

Voices raised, egos puffed –
I long for calm, doubt
we have the wherewithal
to bridge the divide.

(Image my own)

On The State Of Humanity

Inwardly we glow…
so it’s said

I shudder
ignorance grating
like branches
on my windowpane

Hope is a fox
mesmerizes,
draws me out,
then disappears

If inwardly we glow…
then why am I so cold?

(Image my own.)

The Colour of Change

I crave orange –
not the shade of deceit
oozing in political corners

I seek fiery tones
the hues of transformation
the promise beyond this cocoon.

(Image my own.)

Eagle Speaks

Eagle walks amongst us,
wings and chest puffed out
exhibiting wounded pride.

He is parched, dry-throated;
fear has clouded his vision,
grounded his glorious flight.

He shudders at indifference,
sidesteps throngs busily rapt
in personal agenda, forgetful.

Once regal, once revered, he
is reeling from the fall, seeks
a compassionate ear, finds me

in the Dreamtime, moulting
feathers clinging to ebony
legs; I try to brush him away

detach from his misery, but
cannot shake the power of
his symbolism, the promise

of his majesty; disconcerted,
through the veil of sleep, I
try to find reason, connect

push through the crowd of
disillusionment, and seek the
refreshment he craves, what

little I have to offer this
golden representative of
a nation momentarily lost.

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