Our Universal Problem
The Dilemma of our Times
Is not Social Media
Or Technology
Despite its propensity
To allow / promote
Division.
The Dilemma of our Times
Is not Climate Change
Or rising sea levels
Or diminishing rainforest
Or shrinking water supply.
The Dilemma of our Times
Is not the Despots
Of the Middle East
Or the Nutjobs
Of the West
It’s not drone strikes
Nor nuclear missiles.
It’s not the Evil of Man
And the suffering of Women
Nor one sexual preference
Over another
Or one identification
Over another
And finally, it’s not Islam
Nor is it Christianity
Over or Under
Atheism
Or any other belief system
Or deity.
It’s simple
And Pure
Ideology
Clashing against another.
It’s saying
‘This is me.
I want you to accept me.’
And in far too many cases
It’s also
‘Others should be like me too.
The World!
For I know the right way.’
Billions of voices
Now
And for all time
Decrying the same thing
Such is our way
Which is why
It will go on and on
Until the end of Humanity.
Can you honestly say
That you’re any different?
Of course
How you approach it
Is entirely up to you
Yet, can any of us
Be truly impartial?
Isn’t that simple philosophy
Still an ideology?
We’ll go on
And the Dilemmas of Tomorrow
May be Different
No doubt they will be
Yet,
We’ll still be the same.
8.1.20
Very relevant to today, yet written in 2020. Not suprising really. The theme is Timeless.
Interested to hear your thoughts.
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Images are AI 'Slop'. As a creative, I probably shouldn't be using them.
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More Poetry
A.J. Langford Books
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Nothing to do with this post.
I was searching my files for an image of my books and found this.
So I decided to share it with you, the happiest moment of my life. (2010).
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