What would you say to someone who wants to isolate?
The person who lashes out every day in anger, fear and with hate.
One bent on being oppositional and obstinate.
Not even an ounce of cooperate.
Binges on much with no substance.
Rejects that which is healthy and with nutrients.
Not feeling satisfied and being bloated.
Yet they still reach for artificial and sugar coated.
Then they complain they feel sick or can’t lose the weight.
After which, they look for someone to blame –
Their doctor, for not healing.
The therapist, for their negative feelings.
A teacher, for their failing grade.
While doing nothing to improve their own state.
Dismissing advice and guidance.
Not following through on recommendations and requirements.
Hanging on to same.
While waiting for their lives to change.
Staying only with what they know.
Not venturing beyond their zip-code.
Fearing people who differ from them.
Not because of anything those people did or said.
More a symptom that developed from being misled.
With those trying to steer them right – They put up a fight.
It’s the abusers and cult-leaders that they keep in their sight
and with who they stride.
The attempts to help – From reasoning to strategic intervention.
So far have all failed.
It’s the con man who puts wind to their sails.
It’s often said – we are what we eat.
Do we also show who we are by who we vote to lead?
When your role model is a narcissist.
And your drugs of choice are chaos and crisis.
You couldn’t ask for a better fit.
Trump and the GOP will be your in.
A bond that has strengthened along the way.
Like cold hands being kept warm in gloves on a wintry day.
Many refuse to separate.
Some don’t realize and others won’t admit
That much of the strong winds are of their leaders’ making.
Just like parents with Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Who are invested to keep their child sickly.
For the attention and recognition,
Trump and the GOP worsen people’s condition.
Then they swoop in for the rescue.
Only they can care for and love you.
Exposing Americans to meanness every day.
Antisocial and uncouth set for replay.
Now repeatedly modeled by the Right.
And those on the Republican side.
Not allowed to give credit when and where credit is due.
Not for saying good, even when it’s obviously true.
Rinse and repeat this scenario again and again.
Their negativity and onslaught trending.
To overcome – It’s been an impossible feat.
Like watching a hamster on a wheel.
But as humans we should yearn for more.
That’s what our heart, mind and spirit are for.
So we can know when to stop, try another course.
Open another door.
Be able to fight the forces that hold us back.
Realize that we are not limited by lanes and tracks.
Many Americans are going through life as if they’re in a box.
Such traps are in their mind as if they are in a movement or cult.
Driven beyond what they would normally do on their own.
Following the leaders, no matter where they go.
Why do they give others such power over US?
Why aren’t they motivated to correct what’s unfair and unjust?
Self-absorbed, not for self-exploration.
Can’t accept feedback or criticism.
Often lament that they’re not free.
As they themselves hand over their lock and key
To those who keep them caged in.
If only by their thinking.
But they will also continue with that same feel.
As long as it’s mostly on Right-Wing talking points and propaganda that they feed.
They decide to stay with that hold to Right-Wing.
And Right-Wing keeps the grip.
By the time America realizes she can’t breathe.
She won’t be able to escape from under the Right-Wing’s knee.
George Floyd and other victims didn’t want it so.
But many Americans are choosing this as the way to go.
Some standing by, cheering the Right-Wing on.
Others are sending warnings of how far this has gone.
Right-Wing and others, not listening, as they press in for the kill.
No wonder, around the Nation there is a mental health crisis.
Limited access to treatment so people depend on their own devices.
America has been exposed to trauma that’s denied.
Separated from others due to Covid and a culture war divide.
If assaulted and raped, the victim gets blamed.
Possibly forced to keep if there is a baby within.
For unwanted sexual advance, you should believe and excuse the man.
There must have been something you’ve said or done.
It’s your fault, move on.
Some being attacked and suppressed.
Denied the chance to equally possess and progress.
Yet all have easy access to buy, own and carry a gun.
More so than experiencing ease through America’s systems.
You can arm yourself to the till.
But not give your arm to be vaccinated.
One with a greater chance for some to die.
The other is for more people staying well and alive.
Some are denied their civil rights and free will.
Many denying the effects of slavery still.
So while your spirit is stifled, you can take comfort in knowing that you can don a rifle.
But if there is a complaint about any injustice.
You’re an ingrate – stop being so disruptive.
Prolific on propaganda, depleted on news.
Imagine a generation growing up, believing they can choose truth.
Not relying on the facts out there.
Only on what is inside their heads.
People are led to believe they are invincible and can defy gravity.
Those for their interests are said to be their enemies.
And as their paranoia swells, they barricade themselves.
Unfortunately, those they’re letting in are the ones doing the brain-washing.
Violence, delusion, division – staples for present day Republicans.
They do their wishful thinking for as long and as hard as they want.
But it’s not to US that time and circumstances adjust.
We are the ones who need to maneuver and change course.
Else we will suffer the loss.
It’s not that our minds trick US.
It’s US setting limitations.
We trick our minds to believe.
So we can create the reality that we desire to see.
Dishonesty and deception will only intensify the disease.
And defending insane will not lead US to heal.
Americans are in a precarious position.
Improve mental health conditions or risk success to this suicide mission.