Hello, beautiful readers! It's been a while since I've been able to write poetry. I've missed you all. I've been prioritizing my health and trying to create a new routine for working out and going to sleep earlier than I have been, and it's cut into my poetry time. Eventually, I'll find a happy balance. This will be the only day I can write this week since I'm going to visit my parents and my son. So, I've decided to combine three poetry challenges.
The first is from #TankaTuesday, where Colleen invites us to use uncommon Autumn words from this site. I chose to use the word rudeneja, which means the way the world gently falls into autumn. It's meant to be an adjective, but I used it as a noun.
The second challenge is from Wea've Written Weekly (W3) where Reena invites us to write a poem that has both prose and poetry. She gave us two images to choose from, and the one I've chosen is what inspired my poem. Although I've written a haibun, it also counts as a Prosimentrum since the prose is more dominant (I think).
And the third challenge is Reena's Xploration Challenge #402 where she invites us to write about passages, doorways, thresholds, and transitions. With all that is happening right now, my muse went directly to the poem below.
Divorce or Reconciliation?
The constitution was supposed to be the threshold, the minimum expected of every citizen, especially politicians who swear an oath to uphold all of it. They were expected to perform their duties lawfully and honorably as laid out in our treasured contract. So, why are so many choosing to turn a blind eye to their responsibilities? Are they so short-sighted that they prefer to relish their few moments of power instead of recognizing the dismantling and destruction of the very values that held our democracy together? Our democracy was never meant to be one-sided. It was a promise among many to hold our laws and our decency above all personal gains. It was built on collaboration and compromise. It was solidified and infused with the human spirit, compassion for the least fortunate, and justice for all through our amendments. It was not meant for one party or one person to pervert its words and use it as a weapon against other citizens. It was not meant for one party to create mayhem and use malice against the other party. It was not written to divide and conquer but to unite and uplift. Will it honestly take a nasty divorce for us to realize we lost our most precious treasure forever?
intended chaos
wishing for rudeneja
democratic peace
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