(with thanks to Pete Seeger)
Where have reason and tolerance gone?
Why are so many eyes closed tight
while claiming to see the other side;
only seeing their own blinded view from within?
only seeing their own blinded view from within?
Where have discourse and discussion
gone?
Why do voices all shout and demand
acquiescence to their opinions;
hearing nought but the sound of their own words?
hearing nought but the sound of their own words?
Where have consideration and
generosity gone?
Why do words preach benevolence and
hope
when empathy, compassion, and charity are now deemed aberrant?
when empathy, compassion, and charity are now deemed aberrant?
Where do we go from here?
Where is humanity, where went human
kindness;
when all that’s left is avarice and shame?
when all that’s left is avarice and shame?
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 19 December 2014
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