give me a box of truth ~ a 4th of July poem

give me a box of truth

give me an unopened box of truth
all pretty with silver bows
and pinkish-green flowered gift-wrapping paper
neatly
packaged
Americana
it's too late to wear
my Russian-blue hip-boots
to step off my heart-shaped cloud,
I never smoked Cuban cigars
or held the Middle East
in the palms of my hands
(did anyone's God?)
it's July 4th,
a firecracker ignites
the chain of command
the show must go on
the cupboard is bare
and the oil is blacker
than the coal miner's daughter
when do we wake up?
when do dreams come true?
where is America's soul
in Craig's list milieu?

chit-chat on twitter, tell no lies
on your facebook page

but pull down the shades

when you open yours

— Kailashana, Jul 04, 2009

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Rett

16 years 11 months ago

Quite interesting and good Anna

I found it very thought provoking. Raises a bunch of questions with few answers. All in all though, very very good. And to America, Happy Birthday. May Freedom Ring. Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water." Rett

Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

The quote below needs to be

The quote below needs to be indelibly written in our soul. No one has the answer. Perhaps we are all doing the best we can, in the awareness we allow ourselves. Most folks are too frightened to move out of *comfort zones*. Some are even willing to do horrible acts to keep it so. Thank you for visiting, Rett, I enjoy your presence immensely. ~A "It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." Mahatma Gandhi

deelilah

16 years 11 months ago

Dear Kailshana

Or may I call you Anna? Very thought provoking--and very sad where we've come to-- 'when do dreams come true? where is America’s soul in Craig’s list milieu? chit-chat on twitter, tell no lies on your facebook page' Here's the thing: Dreams will come true when we make them come true-- and when we (generalized whole) stop lying. America's soul is indeed corrupted with lies. Where does it end? Anyone's guess. Yours, Deelilah PS I loved the poem and especially the title.

Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

Lies are always evident in

Lies are always evident in our beLIEfs. It takes courage to examine them. Love, Anna "It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." Mahatma Gandhi

deelilah

16 years 11 months ago

Dear Anna

It does take courage to examine our beliefs; and they are dependent on so many things. But, religion and politics aside, do you not believe, that at the core, somewhere deep down, at the heart of things, we really do know what is right and what is wrong? If there were no standard for truth, would the world not be more chaotic than it already is? Yours, Deelilah