Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Abscond ... Status quo

Today’s word is “abscond” ... to depart in sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution. (Dictionary.com)

Status quo
Please someone take this all away,
    The plague, the hatefulness,
          All division.
Is this within our ken? Can we
     Change ourselves completely?
Turn ourselves inside out ...
     Let the light burn away
          All that is not good?
It seems impossible that we
     Have come so far and
           Gained so little understanding
Of ourselves. Of our world.
It seems someone or something,
     Has absconded with all sense
          And reason.
Perhaps only God can save us.

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2020

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