Day: January 30, 2020

The uninformed
Pass on their gossip
Feel good about themselves
Like finding blame
Never look in the mirror
Fact checking is a strange phenomena
Keep regurgitating
Truth be damned
Their claim looks good
Even sounds good
But most often
Remains a lie
Point only to the ones hated
Neglect the obvious
Praise the oppressors
 
The midnight stars
Are outnumbered
By the lies told
No shame exists
For they are right
In their own minds
Which are left
Offer no valid solutions
Ignore obvious problems
Even add to them
They are heroes
To their followers
If wishes come true
Their house of cards
Will come tumbling down
 
Stanski
January 30, 2020 ^

We are international in many ways
Very worldly and diversified

We drink mountain water
Inhale the nectar from
Whatever air we breathe

Eat grains and fruit
From around the world

We love a variety of food
And so experience Mexican,
Indian, Italian, Thai,
French, Chinese, Lebanese
And other cuisines

Drink wines from
Around the world

Some of us are polyglots
Others speak and understand
At least two languages

We help people around the
World as a country and
Especially individually

We welcome legal immigrants
Travel abroad for education
Share our farming technology
In areas where nothing grew

Send our soldiers around the globe
We celebrate religious freedom
Have love, honor and respect
For all moral people and
Even love the sinners

We seek an even playing field for all
We believe in sharing the costs
We respond first in every world crisis 
We have much to be proud of

Still there are doubters who
Deny our greatness
Defy laws of natural order
Refuse to accept the right to life

Prefer open borders and
Illegal immigrants
Have stolen our rainbow
Love sociopaths and
Respect members of the swamp
 
Stanski
January 29, 2020 ^

I wait for yesterday
Knowing it will not return
But I want it back
To rethink and react differently
It will not return, but
My mind has it sequestered
And my camera has evidence
That it did exist and was amazing
 
I will have today
What will it present and
How will I act differently?
I am wise, but grasp for the complex
Even though I may be subdued
But living with a failure
Is more alluring than hiding
 
So many things not understood
A world I never made, but a
Place in which I now exist
Bewildering, only to the extent
That it is difficult to observe
Technology present and functioning
That could not have been a decade ago
 
I will take pictures
Point my camera in all directions
Look for light to capture
Subdue the preposterous with
An even older piece of mystery (My camera)
People gaze at me, I am sure
Thinking, we have all been there, man
 
The lights, the action and
Brilliant billboards flashing
Little markets; people passing by
Looking, touching and purchasing
Merchants with ancient carts
Still functioning, beholding and
Wondering about tomorrow
 
Stanski
January 29, 2020 ^