The Last Frontier
The facts
Will never change
A mind,
Those numbers,
Graphs and words—
They just bounce right off
The boney wall,
Ignored, or worse,
Misheard.
So how
Can we
Be allowed
To call,
To convey
Our deepest fear
For the future of our kind,
To get past
The guarded ear?
.
---
© 2019 J Cosmo Newbery
---
Print this post
That is the big question. How indeed? I worry. It is so nice to see you, Cosmo!
ReplyDeleteThe day we answer that question, in an acceptable manner, all our problems will be solved.
ReplyDeleteI hear you!! I am beginning to lose hope.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had an answer that reliably worked in every situation where communication has broken down. All I know is that we should celebrates the instances of understanding, because they are precious.
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect question...how do we shift the immovable when immovable is it's only and self-chosen characteristic?
ReplyDeleteAlas I think it's not fact that is the trouble... it's about not wanting to believe them...
ReplyDeleteand anyone coming up with comforting alternative facts gets all the attention.
On that note.. let us hold onto hope!!
ReplyDeleteHow, indeed? Humankind is a mess....sadly
ReplyDeleteA compelling question that juxtaposes well with your choice of metered, rhythmic/rhyming lines, to impactful effect.
ReplyDeleteI think one must see and hear to fully comprehend and until that happens the future looks bleak.
ReplyDeleteDon't think one can wake up those who are only pretending to be asleep....
ReplyDeleteAlas, I have no answer!
ReplyDeleteThe last four inches are the hardest to cross.
ReplyDeleteEnter the soothsayer.
ReplyDeletestatistics, facts... they can be played with to mean almost anything!
ReplyDelete