Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

A Strain To Be Civil Now

We used to be able to speak of children, gardens, quilts, our mutual relatives.
Now my sister has her identity all wrapped up in a political commentary.
She is totally immersed in the side of the Anti-Christ, brain-washed.
Which I could abide, if she did not persist upon trying to convert me.

I will never go to the dark side; I don’t even like the other candidate.
I recognize evil when I feel it. This political stuff has strained us.
Our relationship may never be the same; I feel it is the Civil War now.
Brother against brother, sister against sister. I try to speak of quilting.

Quilting is her “thing”. My things are poetry, cartooning and painting.
I desperately speak of these creative areas, but she reverts to politics.
Every conversation an attempt to persuade me, convert me to her way.
This is something I do not understand; it is a strain to be civil now.

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Jennifer Proxenos May 30, 2021 at 11:45 PM I understand you 100%. I have some cousins who were Greek orthodox and who were persuaded to become reborn Christians, Every time we met, religion came up as they believed that this world, this planet all happened 4 and a half thousand years ago according to the Bible, and the many millennials story is just untrue nonsense very frustrating which has put a strain on our relationship as well. I am a Christian in every sense of the word, but be flexible when you put a controvertial point of view across as been the only truth . So Adam and Eve happened 4 and half thousand years ago. Thanks for sharing Caren. Blessings and hugs, Jennifer. Caren Krutsinger May 31, 2021 at 6:02 PM Thank you Jennifer. I do not even "do" politics.

L Milton Hankins May 30, 2021 at 6:06 PM I have the same differences with some family members, Caren. It is difficult to cope. I refuse to get drawn into politics with them. As a matter of fact, I am the only one in my family who is not, to some degree, "brain-washed" by the current political situation. Hang tight, friend. Caren Krutsinger May 31, 2021 at 6:02 PM I am staying out of politics harder than I ever have, and that is saying a lot, as I am not a political person in the least.