Community post
Clarion Call
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The landscape of reality these days
Is littered well beyond the natural realm
Of expectations, needs and ways –
And daily feeds us overwhelm.
Facts stand firmly on their own two feet.
And yet, we have become obsessed
And trade, for comfort's sake, defeat
Of heart and mind with which we are blessed.
The very life within us calls,
A whispering voice of urgent plea:
Awaken, now, tear down the walls
To tame the fears, to set us free.
Replies (4)
I don't know how you manage to convey so much with so few words! Perfectly written.
Thank you for your most kind words, millicow. Your appreciation is deeply felt.
Woah! Not liking the upvote value! There was a time my upvote was worth .35, it had dropped down to 0.1, and now Mark and I combined - and with 6 other upvotes - do not even get to a penny? Ouch! Does not reflect the value of your poetry, but I suppose it is still more than facebook pays.
Thank you, Claire, and you are certainly one who keeps track of these things. As we recently commented, the writers and their readership upon which Steemit is built seem to have been thrown under the bus wheels in order to up the pay for the whales and related. Appears to be a microcosm of the world, these days: killing the goose that lays the golden egg, in exchange for limited short-term gains for a few.