when will it stop

when will it stop:
       people getting blamed- 
      for what they did not cause-
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
                  getting told to feel ashamed-
for events my forefathers did not cause-
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
delusions hiding behind the invisible truth
And ignorance parading as fact-
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
people blindly following a cause-
   all, because the narrative told them so

when will it stop:
 people being belittled
because their opinion is the opposite 
to the opinion of the day-
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
something from
 the past is cancel or censored because
Because it  doesn't conform to today's ideals-
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
the double standards,
one rule for one and another for everyone else.
all, because the narrative told them so.

when will it stop:
people being told to conform,
just blindly follow the narrative.
all, because the narrative told them so.

the divide is widening,
and it needs to stop.
NOW!!!
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October 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
OH, W.E., you have walked the edge so daringly in this excellent "question" filled interrogation. Both sides will think it is written about the outer and therefore that you are on theirs. I'll fave this for both sides..
rone Avatar
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
thank you for taking the time to read and to reply, we humans need to be united not divide as we presently are. I can't remember a time when hatred for another ideology you don't agree with has been so intense
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