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Holiday spirit
Even when Christmas is at our doorstep,
I cannot find relief in happy caroling.
Constant anxiety overflows my senses,
These feelings are getting even more unsettling.
While sickness and death roams free,
A world broken, a planet in distress.
No escape in sight, no end to the suffering.
I’m on the edge, on the brink of collapse.
Can I take more of this unearthly sadness?
where is my breaking point, how much is enough?
My body full of tension, my mind in disarray,
Voices still unheard, the words spoken were gruff.
When will we start listening to our common sense?
How much tyranny and captivity will we accept?
I find myself unable to believe any more of this nonsense.
Lies, prosecutions, riots and disbelieve, while a country wept.
I cannot find relief in happy caroling.
Constant anxiety overflows my senses,
These feelings are getting even more unsettling.
While sickness and death roams free,
A world broken, a planet in distress.
No escape in sight, no end to the suffering.
I’m on the edge, on the brink of collapse.
Can I take more of this unearthly sadness?
where is my breaking point, how much is enough?
My body full of tension, my mind in disarray,
Voices still unheard, the words spoken were gruff.
When will we start listening to our common sense?
How much tyranny and captivity will we accept?
I find myself unable to believe any more of this nonsense.
Lies, prosecutions, riots and disbelieve, while a country wept.
Published 22nd Dec 2021
Author's Note
HBO’s Chernoby:
Valery Legasov said it perfectly.
“The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants- it doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions- to lie in wait for all time. What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask, what is the cost of lies? Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.”
Valery Legasov said it perfectly.
“The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants- it doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions- to lie in wait for all time. What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask, what is the cost of lies? Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.”
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24th Dec 2021 00:14am
Best concentrate on yourself first and foremost. You can't save the world from itself..........
24th Dec 2021 7:09am
I try, I really do. Maybe I’m more receptive for all of this. Like a spunge I soak it up but there is nothing to squeeze it out. Thanks for the nice comment and I’ll keep on trying. Happy holidays to you Robert.
