Published Author and Social Malcontent

Political Platform

I wrote this a decade ago and recently came across it on a jump drive. Typically I have to resist the temptation to George Lucas-like tamper with my old writing, but not this one. I still enjoy it for what it is.

History is written in the tears of children
The cycles of tradition always break
Follow the footsteps of your children not your parents
The innocence of the young is joy and love
The wisdom of the aged is jealousy and regret
Do as I say, not as I do
How much elation was stolen from the world by those words
To teach right from wrong
Imagined concepts to spread segregation and fear
The children are born with the truth, we replace it with our own reconstructed version
War, Hate, Poverty, Hedonism, Racism, Sexism
Concepts of the wise?
Relearn to love
Break the cycle
Write history in the laughs of children

I have little to say about politics. If I can’t sit down and speak with a man or woman, face-to-face, I tend not to form much of an opinion about them and what they would or would not do. But, political platforms in the USA are really just a wish. A candidate is elected on their platform (a set of changes or issues they plan to address and implement if they are elected) promises and assurances that they can never make good on, and rightly so. It’s a rather tragic idea really. I mean, a political platform can only be implemented if said “elected” official were given dictator-like power…not very democratic. I only toss this out there because, since it is all promises never meant to be kept, I may have more faith in politicians I’ve never met if they ran on a platform like my tiny decade-old free verse above, instead of plans for taxes, medical issues, and opinions on social institutions and actions that only affect the individual, not the state….but hey, That’s just me!

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