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| St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre 1572 (Artwork by Francois Dubois) |
The people respond with outrage
Yes, the
people respond with their outrage
As is expected
After such an
horrific event
Until…
In the days to
come
The threads are
unwound
The truth seeps
out
The self-serving
agendas
The epitome of
the inner demands
Floods
Mirroring
Blanketing all
Except those who
can see
Who are reviled
Including me
And maybe you
And whether
their cause is just or not
Is beside the
point
Because this
event
has its own
truth
and must be
assessed as such…
As it is
With every other
situation…
And so they
believe their own intelligence
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Their objective
To a degree
Whereupon they cage
themselves
Yet will defend
to the end.
This is
impossible to battle.
Arguments arise
They inevitably
turn personal
Interests become
a struggle for the self
In which
individuals will fight to the death…
How can that be
toppled?
Reasoned with?
It cannot.
A myriad of
shifting weather-scheme emotions
Until someone
suffers
And whether they
deserved it or not
Doesn’t matter
either
As there is no
justice in the short term
Only
happenstance
Where you and I
live.
So cross
yourself
Pay homage
Or whatever it
is you do
Say your bit if
you must
But you will not
alter what has already been
And before you
dig in
To defend your
opinion
Take a moment to
listen to yourself
From afar.
What will it
achieve
In the end?
And if you get
your way
As you might
Will you
ultimately regret it?
As when all is
said and perhaps not done
It was about the
event…
And not you.
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This is amazing and brilliant such a great piece. So full of emotion and truth. I absolutely love it thank you for sharing it. Yes we should all take time to hear ourselves from afar and importantly think about the event rather than using it to drive our own agenda.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Ayela.
DeleteInteresting poem, and if I get it, I endorse its point. It's part of the reason I am always trying to find out about the motivations of the people or person who were involved in the act, before I respond. Initial media reports rarely set the scene. It's like only reading the last chapter of a novel and then reviewing it. Social media is much worse in the rush to get into first. But I still have agendas to push. "It was about the event, not you."
ReplyDeleteReally a nice piece of writing Anthony. Unfortunately, it seems like most people are more narcissistic than introspective. They can't listen to themselves from afar. They can't...
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