Reading news headlines
Since I've been too busy, lately,
To watch even a sunset.
My God, what a world
This world has become;
Frightening headlines,
Terrorism sweeping nations.
Reading those headlines,
Seeing what is happening,
I am struck with how freedom
Rings so rarely on this planet.
Freedom, Liberty, Self-Awareness--
Personal Expression, Personal Thought.
Why is this such a threat
To the Powers-That-Be?
Many people around the globe
Policing, convincing one another
That it is in our collective best interest
For our Thoughts to be controlled.
This is what keeps me up at night
This is what makes my skin crawl--
When human forces overtly attempt
To overthrow our inalienable right to Thought.
I was created to think. We all were.
Our minds are precious commodities:
Not to be bought or sold. And yet,
Thoughts come with a high price today.
Your Thoughts could cost you your life
Today--if they are allowed to spill over
Onto page or screen or even in
The most innocent of conversations.
Dare to disagree, dare to question
What someone thinks or says?
Prepare to suffer the consequences:
You will be made an example of.
Why do they feel they have a right
To invade my most private Thoughts?
How on earth do they intend
To police my brain in such a way?
The truth is: Thoughts can be dangerous.
Thinking people can see through the ruse
Of political corruption and fallacy--
Thinking people recognize ignorance.
Shall I dare to think, then, and dream?
Or will I allow their brutal tactics
To enslave my Thoughts--binding them
So they are not properly exercised.
And then, when slow and lethargic,
They will be less likely to hinder
The sinister plans of the Powerful:
As we eat from the palm of their hands.
Time is ticking, and I must decide.
(You must decide, as well).
What we are going to do about
This invasion on our Minds:
Will we let them have them, then?
Or shall we resist until it happens:
The Death of Thought?
(Resist, my friends. Resist.)
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A response to news headlines
