The dam has been leaking for years
by Elouise
In honor of Covid-19 victims in the USA, from NBC News
The dam has been leaking for years
Giving up secrets great and small
Holding back others for fear
They’ll be rejected or tossed into
Another bin of bankrupt fake news
Now delivered daily from the top down
Burnished with self-righteous contempt
For humanity and all self-evident
Truths now being exposed as lies
The so-called mighty are falling
Taken down by the truth of a virus
Delivered daily without fanfare
And without so much as a knock
On the door or nod to fake protocols
Of a society already drowning in
A flood of its own making
One day at a time
One human being at a time
One lust for wealth at a time
One unanswered call for help at a time
One refusal to repent at a time
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I don’t feel defeated. I feel lost. And challenged to change, thanks to Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter.
I’m relieved to be one of many citizens immersing themselves in the untold, untaught, neglected history of how we in the USA got to this point. How can it be that we still don’t honor and practice equal rights for each citizen of this nation?
So yes, I’m feeling lost in my own backyard, though not without hope. The kind that feeds on truth, and grows a bit stronger each day.
Elouise♥
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 6 August 2020
Image found at abcnews.go.com
Telling the Truth 
Lost is a good way to describe how many of us are feeling.
But, we must hang onto the hope. Hope can grow. Hope can bring about good changes.
Thinking of all of those who have lost their lives to Covid19 is so very overwhelming. 😦
Lives cut short…they say even those senior adults who have died from it would have lived a decade or more of life if they hadn’t gotten the virus. 😦
A powerful post of truth, Elouise…and the question you ask is a vital one.
Thank you for caring and sharing!
(((HUGS)))
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You’re welcome, Carolyn. I’m grateful for your response. I agree…It’s overwhelming to think about how many have lost their lives. Not just in the USA, but throughout the world. Our current standoff about government assistance for people without work adds another layer of tragedy. Perhaps this is an opportunity to be hope for each other. Not just the feel-good kind (hoping you have a good day!), but hope that delivers something of value, or gives someone a reason to hang on another day. No easy answers these days. 😦
Elouise
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Thank you for engaging with this mess we are living in and for doing so faithfully.
I thought you might be interested to know that I’ve started reading The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone. My pastor suggested it when I asked her for her thoughts about where I might start with black writers addressing theology or spirituality.
Grace and peace to you…
dw
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You’re welcome, dw. Thanks for reading and commenting. I’ve not read this one by James Cone. I’ve read comments about it (favorable), especially in the context of Black Lives Matter and our horrendous history of lynching. I’m putting it on my list of books to read. Let me know sometime what you think about it.
Grace and peace sound like just the right thing for today. Thanks.
Elouise
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