holding fast..

our human, social, world

being continuously atremble,

awash, with intense indignation

affront and affray..

so easily and naturally

do we become sucked into its

manifestations,

scarcely having time

to breathe..

swept up, as we are

in self righteousness,

defending our

fragility..

our supposed

injustices become

dams that shore us up,

keeping ‘predators'

at bay..

shutting our eyes,

ears and minds

to possibilities

that error rests

upon our shoulders..

so quick as we are,

to shield our selves,

do we cast culpability,

scattering seeds, nay boulders 

of protective disenchantment

with our fellow voyagers

to all four corners

of our barren, windswept

defences..

let us still affairs

for just a moment.

it comes to pass

that, within a cherished silence,

we may open to

a clearer understanding -

a fairer discernment

of our social predicament..

casting an unjaundiced eye across

this vast panorama of

human mistrust and desolation,

it is not possible

to allay the waves of

compassion and tenderness

for the poverty within compatriot hearts,

that causes these overwhelming

feelings of alienation and despair..

oh, to trust that all

works out for the common good!

it is thus that I live my life;

I refuse to succumb to

the detritus and depths

of internecine depravity

and vow to hold my own -

follow my best instincts

and survive to

live another day

in truth, love

and joy..