Day: August 6, 2020

It sounds so good

Has a nice ring to it

As does liberalism

And Marxism

But

When you feed

This beast

When you ride

This beast

It will take you

To the top

And then it will

Eat you

And

You will share

Equally in

The misery

You were

Unwittingly

Promoting for

Everyone else

Stanski

August 6, 2020 ^

We wander, graze and follow others

Our thoughts are vague, if we have any at all

We herd together and shadow each other

Now and then in our human form

we have thoughts that may cause distress

Eternity is ageless and evidence gathered

establishes our earth as billions of years old

We have no real idea of anything of substance

Our small thoughts are on survival

They are minuscule and of little importance

Billions have been here before, to little consequence

I sit as a human in your pasture

and think of what we are doing in Portland

It is an unfathomable phenomena

Over two hundred years ago—a speck in time—

men and women were blazing the Oregon Trail

At the same time the Santa Fe Trail was formed

These were primitive times and death and loss

were common elements of our being

We were intruding in territory occupied by

Indians who also came from other places

to form their encampments and way of life

There were skirmishes, killings, and the stealing of

horses, sheep as well as women and children

Retaliation followed and great leaders eventually

with the force of the military found a form of peace

Nothing is perfect compared to your pasture

Uprisings took place, but as time passed

Countrymen moved west and land was settled

and states were formed which still exist today,

a mere few years later, in reality

Everything is not perfect, but eventually

our Manifest Destiny was achieved and

for better or worse, at costs indeterminable

we became a nation, under God,

with inalienable rights—among them life, liberty

and the pursuit of happiness

Our country prospered as do the sheep in your pasture

There was food and opportunity but, as always,

dark spirited people who prey on others, as

a wolf will prey on your sheep, and people seeking power

began movements which would slowly

break down civility and remove our basic rights

Today the sheep are safe under your watch, but

because of the Chinese Virus, the Lockdown

that followed, the loss of business and jobs as

a result of decrees and fiats by those governing,

followed by deep concerns and panic and the unknown,

we find ourselves in a flux with continual change taking place

Then because of an unfortunate murder in Minneapolis,

isolated and confined people broke out in protest

They were obviously frustrated by this brutality

Evil forces intervened—Antifa, who tried to make us believe

they were antifascists, but are really paid anarchists

as are the Black Lives Matter organization, also present

Both groups are sponsored by Socialists and Marxists

They stepped up, infiltrated peaceful protestors and

encouraged the violence, fires, looting and

the murders which took place

These foolish people protesting destroyed their own business districts

owned by their neighbors and retaliated viciously

against those trying to keep law and order and contain the violence

The anarchy erupted in many cities around the country and

eventually broke out in Portland, which was settled,

thanks to the trail built so many years before

Many days, weeks and months have passed and

the vehemence continues, paid for by the radical leftists,

anxious to see the country in chaos

We need the good shepherd to lead us and keep us safe from

this aggression and brutality. 

Evil forces must not prevail and the Light must

overcome all of the darkness

We cannot sit idle, but do everything in our power to

bring about calm and peace

We can be our brother’s keeper, but must

Be ardent in obeying the law and following our great Constitution

In the end the virus will pass as will the violence

Peace will return to the cities and we will be content to be

Sheep in your wonderful pasture

Stanski

August 6, 2020 ^