Refusal
What would happen if
we would only say or do
something when we are
fully aware of its true
meaning and consequence?
Take the words ‘light’, ‘love’.
Do we really know what we
are talking about,
let alone experience
and embody their truth?
And those in places
of power and policy,
who decide on all
matters of war and peace, of
health, wealth and equality,
when they say the word
‘representation’, yet act
from a place of denial
and exclusivity, of
division and ignorance,
what if they would stop
and examine what they are
saying and doing,
allowing us all to break
patterns and chain reactions?
Possibilities:
There would be a great silence
rising from the sight
of utter absurdity.
We would see ourselves and weep,
for crying out loud!
And then pick up the pieces
together, driven
by bursts of laughter and
sudden creativity,
see the myriads
of possibilities and
potentially start from
scratch, helping each other to
keep that open mindedness.
Am I just naïve
and hoping against hope in
a time of madness,
in the face of manmade pain
operated through dark webs?
Could such deafening
silence stop the damage caused,
so we can start a
healing process to transform
our ways on this planet?
Can our resistance
against ignorance, willful
destruction and strife
be a turning point, compass
towards that ‘love’, ‘light’?
Perhaps we need both
much dialogue and action,
and much stillness
in deep reflection and calm.
And when in doubt, go on strike.