fake smoke and cold mush
by Elouise
fake smoke
wafting from a thousand fires
signifies nothing
yesterday’s hot memo
is today’s cold mush
tasteless
Is this speaking truth to power? I don’t know. I do know it’s a reminder to myself that my voice matters. Especially now. Not as a way of manipulating reality, but as a way of staying honest and getting on with life at the same time.
Granted, this is life in a strange key. Academics and analysts who study patterns say we in the USA have been moving toward this social/political stand-off for a while. Still, current events are disconcerting. Sometimes it feels like a slow-motion, high-impact train wreck.
Hence my verses above. Spoken because for me, silence won’t do in this climate of intimidation tactics, fake smoke, hot memos and cold, tasteless mush.
Have I given up? Only if I fail to use my voice and cast my vote. And only if I act as though I or some other human being were God or even God’s Special Agent as defined by me.
Sabbath rest sounds like a good idea. Time to acknowledge I’m not in control, and that my voice matters. As does yours. Or, put another way, it’s time to let our lights shine.
Thanks for reading.
Elouise♥
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 3 February 2018
Photo found at nilemuse.blogspot.com
Lots of cold mush out there. “Be The Change”
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Yep. Yuck. Thanks for your comment.
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Yes Elouise. It’s a bit like leaving the lid on a saucepan of stew. In the end it will boil over and burn on the bottom and you end up throwing that pan in the rubbish bin.
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definitely not a pretty picture
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no mush or gruel, bright lively yogurt with colorful berries, anything that will give rise to the morning to turn it into a brighter day 🙂 keep a rising E ❤
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I’m aching for a chance to vote on a new menu! 🙂
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