This deadly pretense
by Elouise
Can’t we all kiss and make up?
Or how about just getting along
I’ll let you be you and
You’ll let me be me
Is there really no hate spoken here?
If not how then will we learn
To hate what must be hated?
Or love what must be loved?
I used to think some glad day
We would all grow up
And leave our troubles behind
You know – letting bygones
Be bygones even though
They still hide in closets, or don’t
My world of yesterday was
Ordered and predictable
Until I grew up and knew better
Some say no news is good news
I say we could all do with bad news
Rather than this deadly pretense
It’s difficult to find my way in our increasingly fractured world. Sometimes I feel weighed down beneath layers of deceit, corruption and pretense. I want to play the blame game, making this mess into someone else’s responsibility.
Now we’re beginning yet another election cycle with slogans and promises aplenty. Vision is important. Still, I’m not impressed by versions of progress or greatness that ignore bad news. Not ‘their’ bad news, but our bad news.
The next national election is about more than political parties or who will be the next POTUS. It’s about our hearts, and whether we’re willing to take on harsh realities that won’t disappear on their own. We don’t need a huge army. We need one person, one attitude, one act, one crazy prayer or dream piled up one after another.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 17 March 2019
Photo of book cover found at amazon.com
Telling the Truth 
I have a nasty feeling that the current occupant of the Oval Office is going to get back in; the Donkeys are behaving like ass’s
Pity you can’t get the Prime Minister of New Zealand to replace him. Now there’s a real statesman / politician if ever there was one/
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As I recall, the Prime Minister of New Zealand is a woman, Jacinda Ardern. Hence, a stateswoman/politician! 🙂 I agree with you whole-heartedly: She knows what to do and say, and doesn’t mince words, distort truth, or resort to fear-mongering. As for our next President, we shall see. It’s a long way to November 2020. I won’t admit to agreeing with your nasty feeling about the current occupant, though I admit to feeling it from time to time.
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I’ve always been a firm believer that if women ran and controlled the nations of the world there’d never be any wars. PM Ardern, is a magnificent example as was our Julia Gillard;
I know she will not suffer the same fate as our Julia. In some things the Kiwi’s are smarter than we.
You may recall that even though part of the ANZUS Pact NZ will not allow US nuclear war ships to enter their waters or ports.,
They stood and stand firm in their beliefs.
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Hi, Brian. I didn’t know about New Zealand’s refusal to allow US nuclear war ships to enter their water/ports. Can’t say I blame them. In fact, good for them! I’ve been very impressed not just with the Prime Minister’s response to this latest tragedy, but to citizen responses–especially young people.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_nuclear-free_zone
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Theres a lot there to read Elouise but it’s well worth while if and when you have the time
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Thanks Brian. I just read and scanned the article. It’s a sad and heroic saga….most timely, given recent developments with North Korea. I remember pieces of this history, though I fear it’s regarded as ‘long ago and far away.’ Too bad for us. What goes around comes around….
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It does indeed Elouise 😥
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