How can you help those who refuse to help themselves?
Those in wait, like elves on a shelf.
Sitting back, expecting divine intervention.
While dismissing any helpers’ attention.
What do you do when people choose blind because they don’t want to see or acknowledge you?
Stupidity, insanity and vanity are what they subscribe to.
Delusions over truth.
A con-man’s chaos and grip are of more value than honest leadership.
Allowing for children and education to be used as political pawns.
Suffering and death to them haven’t given the GOP pause.
They haven’t stopped yet.
Now playing Russian roulette with children and other lives.
With their push to not mask or vax, Covid still thrives.
From the very beginning the GOP chose political power and Party over those they swore to serve.
The right has successfully continued along that road.
As gains and incentives tell them that they could.
They continue to make their case with Covid and insurrection downplays.
While they exaggerate and inflate the flaws and wrong-doings of the left.
They are poised to taking what they can get.
Making baseless claims, propped by lies.
But to enough people, an easy subscribe.
We won’t be able to put Covid or this political hostage take-over to the rear-view mirror any time soon.
Despite the lives and gains we continue to lose.
The money, resources and energy we have to use to fight against the domestic threats and continued upsets.
Even right-wing influencers have died, not only from Covid but from their own concoction of lies.
That’s their choice.
But knowing that their voice is heard by many and that their message is taken as truth.
They still made decisions to misguide and fool.
What is the Biden Administration to do – When it’s the corrupt ones that people choose?
Some react because they supposedly don’t like being told what to do.
And based on that they “choose” the opposite of what they should or need to.
Following that principle has been disastrous for some.
The cost to being stubborn.
But are they bucking the opposition or just complying to the side that they so love?
In the end, they still “chose” to a side’s instruction and influence.
Was it truly a think through to a conclusion that makes sense?
Fifty cents or half a dollar.
They were still compliant – not to one but to the other.
So when this government says we should get vaccinated, many resist.
The belief that it’s an overreach persists.
But when it’s mandated by corporations, employers or businesses, without realizing, some more readily accept.
Because in truth, at times it’s not the doing that upsets.
It’s the “who” that’s doing the asking that we reject.
It’s not so much the message that we find to be distasteful.
It’s to the messenger that we are skeptical or hateful.
If Trump and the GOP didn’t use Covid-19 as a political pawn.
Doing what’s needed to rise above it would likely not have been met with such scorn. Especially from the right.
The resistance and fight likely would have been less if the blame for Covid’s existence wasn’t placed on the left.
People may have more easily fallen in line.
Not despise the guidelines and protocols that would save lives, if Covid-19 wasn’t politicized.
If the powers that be stepped out in Unity.
Instead of division – The more costly decision.
The right understands the benefits of keeping US dis-informed, in fear and thinking that much is wrong.
It’s to their rise, but it keeps US down.
When we believe we are being attacked.
It’s natural that we want to fight back.
Whenever we’re in defense and what we’re against presents.
We won’t stop to analyze or scrutinize.
We’re for fight or flight.
Align with what we think will protect.
All else we tend to reject.
Making it much easier for US to be swayed.
When they keep steering US one way.
The ones who keep putting the light to the ghost.
Are the ones we end up trusting the most.
But when it’s predators that are in the lead.
It’s their opportunity to dig their claws in deep.
Our motivation and enthusiasm to do are often influenced by who presents, the message sent and what we perceive is meant.
If it’s by someone we like or is deemed to be to our side.
It’s an easier swallow and we’re more apt to follow.
We may even feel pride, enjoy the ride.
But should the drivers change, even if they keep the journey the same.
We could still become enraged, disengage and be filled with distaste.
We work ourselves up and disturb our own peace.
Create our own stress and anxiety.
Should we use less hate, despise, bias and stereotypes.
Then we may not be as distressed and feel so out of control.
Not make knee-jerk decisions and try to stay to our hold.
Not be as judgmental with our “would”, “could”, “should” and overall “misunderstood”.
Some suspect that the “government” manipulates by what they give and ask US to do.
While in truth, those they feel are to their side have been doing just that, by changing the facts.
Guiding thoughts and feelings too.
Limiting points of view.
How many Americans try to widen their scope?
Look at what’s being said from a variety of sources and around the world?
There is such obvious manipulation and maneuvering.
When right wing and Fox News anchors are interviewing.
Guiding and tapering the questions for the answers they want to get.
To lies and misinformation – they don’t object.
As long as it’s with their parameters of propaganda and opinion.
Poisoning the minds of millions.
So as Americans keep streamlining their news to what they want to hear.
And seek only the information and messengers that will get them there.
Their feel and perceive will stay the same.
There is no motivation or reason to consider change.
So to their lane it’s an easy stay.
Allowing the cycle of manipulation to continue.
Some may say that’s an all-round truth no matter how the pie is sliced.
But what it comes down to is who is buying into truth, and who is choosing the pack with lies.
In the end, that is the deciding fact.
Not pretend, alternative or alternate acts.
That’s the line that now truly divides US.
We can say we fight for policies, social, cultural or religious.
But it matters if our decisions and goals are anchored in truth.
Truth should be the impetus for what we say and do.
If it is not, we’re just engaging in suspect, immoral and unholy plots.
It’s now boiled to a point where America(ns) need to pick a side.
Truth or lies.