Poets United Midweek Motif : Change
Resistance is Necessary
We are influenced—
Family, friends, the press.
But we can resist.
Yes, we can listen.
They can put forward their case;
That’s all they can do.
It may not sit well.
Afterwards we can assess.
Change is optional.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017
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"Change is optional" So true! Everything is a choice we make.
ReplyDeleteResistance is necessary - sometimes futile but always needed.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure change is optional. How do we avoid it? Sometimes it feels like being dragged--despite kicking and screaming--right into the abyss. O, that's your point, isn't it? Maybe actively resisting certain changes is our only moral choice.
ReplyDeleteChanging ourselves to aid and abet a dangerous agenda: that is certainly optional.
ReplyDelete"Change is optional" - Great ending (or beginning)
ReplyDeleteIt is a choice. Change or tolerate the status quo.
ReplyDelete"Change is optional."..true to some extent...
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ReplyDeleteI hope you're right.
ReplyDeleteChange is optional... that's so true.
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