Reacting from fear

often leads us to defend

actions indefensible.

~

As FDR said,

“The only thing we have to

fear is fear itself.”

As the years go by,

more and more lives are lost, but

many resist gun reform.

~

As the years went by

more and more lives were lost, but

many resisted seat belts.

Without supporting

facts, the answers we receive

are based on their needs, not ours.

~

What you’re describing-

the very definition

of crass demagoguery.

Talking to myself

I learn nothing new. That’s why,

fellow poet, I miss you.

~

Sometimes life allows

no time for introspection;

so we grind, ever onward.

Searching the White House

for common decency and

common sense, but it’s not there.

~

I beg to differ!

Decency and common sense

live… in The Secret Service.

Mimicking Lenin,

another tyrant defends

stripping freedom from the press.

~

Autocrats always

prefer suppression over

open dialogue.

How can patient care

be a very distant third

behind prestige and profit?

~

Ask those at the top.

This must be in line with their

authentic values.

New realities,

open possibilities –

will we open mind’s closed door?

~

I say mind’s closed doors

conceal possibilities

long dormant, for good or ill.