I thought I would come to my blog to express my feelings about what is going on in these times – specifically April of 2025. I do not agree with what is going on in the far reaches of the American Government. The draconian changes will soon come to my doorstep. I am just a regular citizen who has put her faith in the American Stock market, the Social Security System, and Medicare to live out my retirement years. For unknown reasons the powers that be are diddling about and tearing down and de-funding this social network that I depend on for “Life, Liberty, and and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
I’ve chosen to write about the Flower of Democracy. My hope is this will bring comfort to those of you who are in a similar situation.
The Flower of Democracy
By Marie Staight
Democracy is like a flower.
It’s seeds thirst
For freedom
For Choice
For Justice
For everyone.
These seeds fall onto fertile ground.
They ripen with courage
And Persistence.
The roots of Democracy
Are Strong
And cling to the ground
With tenacity.
The sturdy stems reach upward
Democracy reaches for the light
Of Truth
Of choice
Of Liberty.
Democracy’s flowers bloom,
Spreading out its petals
Into beautiful flowers.
And the petals are nourished
by the light
of Truth
And the rain
of Liberty.
But if these petals of Democracy
Are not nourished.
If they are damaged
Or broken away.
The petals will curl and die
And there will be
No Choice
No Freedom
No Justice.
But the seeds of Democracy
are strong.
They will grow again.
And again.
Ever reaching for the light.
Until next time, keep the faith and Keep Writing!
Marie
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