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Judy Bancroft's avatar

Yes Diane - very well expressed. We are entering the advent of a new Dark Age - or Noicide to give it the official term. Heaven help us……keep writing ….

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Thanks, Judy! Heaven help us, for sure!

Janice Anderson's avatar

Very deep and thought provoking. Scary as truth can often be.

Diana van Eyk's avatar

And I'm afraid we're falling into fascism, Diane. I've read a few too many articles from sources I trust about this. It's been decades in the making, and it's terrifying.

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Absolutely! Fascism and world war, I'm afraid.

EGE's avatar

It makes one utterly ashamed to be a citizen of our present Western society. Christian Zionism is a curse upon Christianity!

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

And that insanity will do us all in!

Roger Hoffmann's avatar

Thanks for this. No matter how discomfiting the truth, it must be expressed - whether in essay or poem. And this expresses quite well what many of us (hopefully, a growing number) see.

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Thanks, Roger! I hope you are right!

Being Bonnie's avatar

There will be a very loud thud...are we beyond redemption? God only knows! Excellent observation(s).

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

And a very messy crash!

Frank Lambert's avatar

Outstanding poem, Diane. A sort of Gospel for our present state of affairs, our arrogance, self-importance, and sense of superiority over others will bring the West down one way or another.

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

And there will be no one to blame but themselves!

Mary Johnson's avatar

Wow! That’s excellent—and frightening.

Sylvia Frost's avatar

This is an eye opening poem Diane. Thank you for sharing. My eyes have been open for a while now. A friend once told me that in a few years it will not be safe to live in the US and that was I believe in 2012. I think we’re seeing fascism rear its ugly head in the form of DJT and his buddy Elon. People being taken off the street for having the ‘wrong’ political opinion and put in detention centers is just plain EVIL. Now I know what my friend was talking about. The US doesn’t need any one person or country or boogeyman to destroy it, it’s doing that all on its own. And the rest of the West will fall right behind it. 😢☮️🇵🇸

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Fasten your seatbelt, Sylvia!

Sylvia Frost's avatar

May need a life preserver for this one, Diane. It’s not looking good.😞

Diane Engelhardt's avatar

Or a good supply of fentanyl! 😟