It seems that it has always been thus:
tribes and interest-groups battling
to impose points-of-view
not shared by others.
And, yes; it may well be that social media
makes the horror seem more immediate,
more in-your-face,
read weeks after events.
There seems, however,
a logarithmic scale
that pegs the degree of insanity
to population growth,
to religious intensity,
to corporate and political greed.
Pause for a moment: reflect...
if our wishes were granted
without revising our wish parameters,
would the paradigm shift at all?
Now is the time to educate,
not indoctrinate;
to negotiate,
not obfuscate;
to prioritise,
not demonise;
to change our direction
to social perfection.
More of yesterday’s same,
for today and tomorrow,
will, of course, lead
to more death, more sorrow.
We must set aside
narrow tribal banalities,
and accept, and enhance
our global commonalities:
else one day tomorrow may appear,
and, suddenly, we will not be here.
