My soul
Lays before you
In judgment.
Although
Haven't done
Anything wrong.
Hatred and loathing
Flow from your words
And body language.
Antithesis
Personal beliefs
Come to life
You deny existing.
Calling yourself
“People politician
Working for the little guy”.
Anger and discord
Follows you
Personal dark cloud.
Half-truths outright lies
And negative stereotypes
Spreads your gospel
Unadulterated hate.
Media manipulation
Limited exposure
Avoiding flaws
Emperor's New Clothes.
Abundantly clear
People don't want reality
When seeking truth
Preferring edited fiction
Comforting worldview.
Therisa © 2018
Author's note: Another wee hours of the morning poem. My muse, rudely awakened me,
with a 3 am wake up call. Insisting that I write this out.
Sigh.
I'm not writing about Donald Trump, rather the emerging populist politician that’s gaining
power. Often, they're found on the right of the political spectrum, but not limited to this, as
Venezuela has proven.
This poem is written for the Poets United’s midweek motif, with abundance, as writing
prompt.
7 comments:
It's overwhelming how negative the politics are everywhere. There is an abundance of hate, for sure. I wish for you an experience of a loving--or at least positive--kind of abundance. I pray for right sharing of resources and for the generosity to keep hate buried in the brain if the brain insists on carrying it.
Oh, the rise of these so-called leaders is symptomatic of the failure of our establishments — you paint a very grim picture through your words, but this is what we see in these rhetoric-led vile rulers of the nations.
"People don't want reality/When seeking truth": This says it all; our complacency has to be acknowledged in this area.
Very well-penned.
-HA
I am not sure where you are located but where I live, our leader perpetuates hate. It is up to us to do away with this and to love one another, whatever, however, whenever.
Sadly this true of some, I enjoyed reading your written words today.
I was thing of doug ford as i read, our Canadian trump. Well said, Therisa.
"Abundantly clear
People don't want reality
When seeking truth"....Most of the time it's the people who are the majority and unwise. Everywhere the same story. There's an abundance of foolishness in people's choice.
"People don't want reality/when seeking truth"
A perfect description of how we are all being manipulated, and so many do not care.
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