we must all resist giving into the darkness |
Keeper of the Light We must all become Keepers of the light Of hope, love, and reason, Especially In these dark And troubling days. When we are all constantly assaulted By cynicism, darkness, despair, evil, Fear, hatred, and loathing. By mostly human trolls, But now joined by AI, Bots, and robots. Deranged, demented, demonic, dystopian Cynical purveyors of hateful rhetoric, Spinmeister smoothly spin their odious lies. Constant deep fakes Falsehoods, lies, And misinformation. Nattering nabobs of negativity Scheming, screeching, screaming Reality denying, nonstop nonsense. It isn't easy to do But something we must all try To accomplish every single day. Becoming the light That shines through The dark night. Only then can we overcome The divisions and become united And build a better world, Be the keeper of the light Before the darkness Swallows up all. Note: nattering nabobs of negativity was Spiro Agnew’s famous line about the “liberal media” that was out to destroy Nixon and Agnew’s regime. So much of what we see today dates back to the Nixonian era. Nixon rose to power after the perceived communist menace of the 1950s. and the cultural revolution of the 60s what a time to be born - the late 60s to 70s in California.. We had tear gas days at Berkeley High School! Still got gassed once to twice. Earthquake and fire drills, no active shooter drills, and even nuclear war drills. |