multicoloured Magnificence

from all appearances

we appear to be

an incarnated incongruity

a divided nation

of haves and have-nots

tangled up in knots

of riled up red's

and boiling blue's

and plenty has happened

to tilt our heads

straight on red

and leave our Spirits

singing the blues

and as long

as we choose

to keep looping

around us

the voices that resonate

most deeply within us

to surround us

in an insulating chamber

of repeated preaching

to the choir

of our choice

the choices of those

trapped within their own

fortresses of feedback

will continue

to confound us

and their reasoning

will continue

to astound us

as unreasonable treasoning

and unbelievable babble

burbling up

from a cesspool

of rabble

roused by unconscionable

objectors to objectivity

rejectors of reality

harbingers of harrowing

misinformation miscast

as 'just the facts'

ground into an axe

to chop its way

through doors of perception

(through outmatched protection)

swung by the forces

of pervasive deception

which threaten the other

to change up their courses

and run for safe cover

fortifying the fortresses

of fearful distrust

and stoking the ire

of blatant disgust

and increasing desire

to conspire against

the ones who supposedly

are created to be

our sister, our brother

who we find ourselves

estranged from opposedly

disconnected from diametrically

as we remain entrenched

in our convictions

of who is 'right'

and what is 'true'

screaming 'til red

blathering 'til blue

calling each other out

for injustices inflicted

and perceptions conflicted

with relations constricted

by condemnation

allowing irrational fear 

to drive us

down these blinding courses

without seeing its sources

and acknowledging the curves

we have created

that conscribe us

into constricting distinctions

concentric circles

that deprive us

of recognizing the beauty

and inherent dignity

of each other

which make it

almost impossible

to survive us

sociocentric circulation

devolving us into

culturophobic strangulation

straining and struggling

to determine

who's out

and who's in

and in our regressive

grabbing and gambling

on stakes

never higher

with stakes 

for a funeral pyre 

and our obsessive 

determination to 'win'

the unwinnable bet

we all lose...

...and yet...

amidst the despair

of disunity

and the disrepair

of congruity

beneath the rants

of the reds

and the bemoanings

of the blues

there is One

Crimson Current

powerfully pulsing

through our veins

there is One

Blue Wave

restoratively rushing

through our lungs

there is One

multicoloured Magnificence

fantastically flowing 

through our Spirits

connecting our Systems

and Senses and Bodies

and Breathing and Being

providing the sources

and resources we need

to share our way

away from fear

and greed

calling each other in

to clearer reception

and broader perception

through restored relation

in conversation

transforming false security

into Sacred sensitivity

transcending our impunity

as Beloved Community...

Let It Flow.

Let It Breathe.

Let It Grow.

Let It Be.

#Epiphanies2021 #NoConservativeCommunityOrProgressiveCommunityJustTheBelovedCommunity #NoRedStatesOrBlueStatesJustTheUnitedStates 

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