I RACK or I RAN - Through a Glass Darkly
Much damage has been done! No fire brigade
Is trained to snuff fluff-puff disinformation.
Suffering unforeseen spells consternation.
Terror terror h[a]unts, lies on parade.
Yesterday's errors cannot be unmade.
Misread on purpose cause/effect relation
Errors surface on examination,
Links to resentment justified, afraid
Of outrage, tumbled towers. But this page
Describes, observes, without an explanation.
Youth’s disarray may feed next year’s frustration.
Much damage has been done to Sunni, Kurd,
In Desert Storm, to Shia too - but less by far
Surely than that collateral called up to bar
Trust, freedom for the citizen unheard.
Yonder turmoil hornet's nest has stirred,
Mocking truth, roadmap’s infected scar -
Ends in agenda hidden whose pale star
Leaves chains around our children. Motives erred
On terror tags where tail wags war dog heard.
Denial, self-inflicted misuse of power, -
Yet chickens home to roost have come this hour.
Much damage has been done, mistakes which shroud
Ideals throughout the spectrum - time-bomb prime,
Short fuse attached, now threatens scope sublime
That through rendition, prison abuse, aloud
Yearn for revenge, spurn western values proud.
Mistakes (repeated) impact add to rhyme
Evidence that there is little time
Left to think through new options which, uncowed,
Offer ways to compensate the crowd.
Defence used as attack full circle spins
Years tears will bring, new challenge here begins!
Much damage has been done, surveillance chips
In Western countries open up the threat
Some governments will seek control, forget
The high ideals democracy met - whips
Youth tears apart - anonymous some tips
May silence truth, - we haste to waste, upset
Each check and balance, - evidence, hedged bet.
Loss of freedom mirrors bad, bad trips
Open is closed. Grim torture stalks, its lips
Dread rumors spread, b[l]ack blindness, and abet
Yon quandary’s lies with rocky road ahead.
poem by Jonathan Robin
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