It breaks my heart
Witnessing the narrow-minded
Arrogance
Displayed at every turn ...
Every action and reaction
Shoved in our faces daily by
Every information source as
Though any point of view was
An absolute ...
As though there was a
Modicum of wisdom revealed
In all the verbosity espoused
Combined!
Is this embarrassment to
Intelligence everywhere,
Throughout the universe,
The best our species can do,
Can achieve?
The obvious answer
Breaks my heart.
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Author:
Louis Gibbs (
Offline) - Published: August 17th, 2017 07:28
- Comment from author about the poem: Just venting what weighs on my heart.
- Category: Sociopolitical
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It breaks my heart too.
Thank you for your sympathetic reply, lasergraph!
It's sad. Really sad. I could elaborate, but you've said enough. Thank you for this.
Sad indeed. Thank you for commiserating, Nicholas!
Narrow mindedness, arrogance, self aggrandizement , name them all but my favourite is selfishness - I see them all on the pavements , in the shops, on the road etc. They all take on worse turn when they are displayed by certain politicians. And this is a grand write Louis.
Thank you for your grand reply, Michael!
Sounds like me on a sherry day?! Does it?! heehee.
I'm sure your sherry day is a more merry day, Thanks for your reply, orchidee.
I feel these words so strongly
I'm also grateful for a place like this
There are more of us everyday
Choosing to make a change
There's an Infinite amount of ways
We just got to keep saying what we say
The most important of all
Is to change the reflection of ourselves
Thanks for helping get this out, carry on carrying on 😉
Yes, it is incumbent upon poets above all to make a change through well contemplated thoughts expressed in words. Right on, PD! I too am grateful for this forum.
Great write
Thank you so much, Tony.
Welcome
Very sad indeed. Great write Louis.
Thanks for your sympathetic response, mb!
Your excellent and to the point poem reminded me of an interview I heard yesterday on Public Radio (while driving) between the interviewer and a republican congressman. The questions were good and demanded precise answers. The congressman did not answer the specific questions once, but kept talking around the bush, repeating himself. Does he think we are all morons?
No wonder the expression 'intelligent politician' is an oxymoron!
They must assume we are morons the way they act. They all learn to avoid direct questions, or it comes naturally. You nailed it with 'oxymoron'! Thanks for your reply, Fred.
Sad but true - but I believe these people get where they are by not what they know but who they know - a closed club of back slappers looking out for each other rather than the majority. We have become a selfish world😢
Sad but true, Sue. Thanks for the comment!
Very good and very true write. So many people have the ability to help others but only want to help themselves as they see themselves better than everyone else.
Thanks for the observation, Goldie. It ties in with the poem I am submitting today ... 'The Ultimate Scheme'.
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