Many Hard Days Ahead
No question would be more realistic
to face more hard days ahead of us,
it's a challenge to put up resistance:
it's a wish that has deluded the optimistic:
we sought a brighter light more intense,
we had hoped vainly and achieved less!
More hard days will shake our anxious life
with its uncertainty and scary gloominess,
we didn't listen to that prophet who predicted
dire times: he was laughed at, spit on and even ridiculed;
had we listen to him: we wouldn't be filled with sadness,
we wouldn't be worried but follow the path to awareness!
" Distrust, unrest and chaos can't be avoided,
blame your corrupt leaders who have failed
to fix many broken promises to restore blessed harmony;
most of you have lost every hope and have chosen apathy! "
This is the voice from the grave, that voice of despair
that warns us of what was coming in less than a year!
More hard days loom over the dim horizon,
that horizon once enflamed by brilliant colors;
we stare at it sadly, but nothing inspires imagination
to rebuild dreams left to burn to avenge indignation!
If our ears refuse to listen, there must be a sound reason;
don't let that reason be a measure of permanent distance
between rageful hopelessness and the astute ability to persist and win:
conflict never ends accordingly to plan, it's the stronghold of defiance!
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2024
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