I could say
I am shocked
but all of
this
did not
come unexpected
at all.
Depressed
as I may be,
it was no
surprise.
To most,
the closer
to home it hits
the clearer
the sound
of the
turmoil
and the
greater the need
to express outrage.
I do not
want to downgrade
any of the
recent events
but I sure
as hell won’t let you
do that to
any of the others
by cutting
the line
to get
retribution
for your personal pain.
For our collective
pain.
If we truly
believe in peace for all
then there
can be no favourites
nor
hierarchy.
I have always
aimed not to let
myself be
overly influenced
by the laws
of proximity
in judging
the morality
and the
atrocity of man.
But I must
admit that
especially
now,
this is
proving very hard indeed.
I am
affected,
as a human
and as a
friend of those
that are
even closer to the core.
I am
looking at our small world
and hoping
that we can
transform
these feelings
of outrage
and disgust
into a
driving force of change.
A change
that starts
with our
own feelings,
attitudes
and
actions.
A force
that is unfettered
by the
false hypocrisies
of power
in economics
and
religion.
To produce
governments
that serve
us all equally
as humans,
rather than
crunching data
and
crushing souls
for the
money machine.
To convert
all religions
to individual
convictions
rather than
murderous powerhouses,
serving
only,
again,
the money
machine.
Freedom is
absolute
and only
limited
by the
freedom of others.
So by
definition
it is not
boundless.
It is a
coherent harmony
of all our
freedoms.
If we
gradually learn to want
only what
we really need
these
boundaries
should
never feel restrictive
but always abundantly
fair.
Freedom is
the sum of us all
that will
constantly transmute
as our
numbers grow
to press us
ever closer together,
as our
planet shifts
to increase
the interdependence
of us all
and
everything else too.
It is in
the astral planes
and the
quantum fields
but also
sitting right next to you.
For you to
really see it
and not
just look at it.
It is a
switch
only you can flick.
only you can flick.