love is always there
even when happiness is absent
that's a good thing to keep in mind
i have decided to stop expecting happiness to be ever-present
i read somewhere today that americans are "in a bad mood" politically speaking
~his~ approval rating is at 43% now and i wonder-
how can there even be 43% of people still believing in this guy (anywhere?)
1,700 americans have died in this war (as of today)
the number of iraqi people killed is an ongoing mystery
but rest assured, it is monumental
these are the things that mess with my mind some days
and embracing the sorrow i feel seems like the least i can do
for the thousands who have lost their lives
in this war-with-no-clear-exit-strategy
that is why i have a sticker on my bumper that reads:
F U G W B
i never wanted to feel that way about my president
but alas, i most certainly do...
truth goes up in vapors
the steeples lean
winds of change patriarchs
snug in your bible belt dreams
god goes up the chimney
like childhood santa claus
the good slaves love the good book
a rebel loves a cause
(joni mitchell)
2 comments:
This is so sad Anne. Don't you ever sleep woman! Don't you need to get up in the morning?
I think you dream about how bad off our country and our people are and that makes me sad.
Happiness....you deserve that, we all do. Hopefully, one day our happiness will not be based on what the government is going to do next! And we will be free to dream happily again.
nancy- i guess the point of this post was to explain that- for me, it's okay to feel sadness and/or anger about things that occur in this world. in my opinion, if you're NOT angry, then you're not paying attention. and if not paying attention works for people, that's fine. but it doesn't work for me. i sleep well, and here i am at work, being a good worker bee. i am indeed happy about a multitude of things in my life. unfortunately, the state of the world is not one of those things. that is why i feel i must speak out against the madness, at least some of the time. just wanted you to know a little about the whys and wherefores of my strange psyche. (thanks for caring!)
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