It’s Prosery Monday, and Ingrid has challenged us to write prosery using these words of William blake..“If all do their duty they need not fear harm” Having just remembered the attack of 9/11 twenty years ago, and considering the divided nation we’ve become, these words seemed timely. My heart is with my homeland.
Submitted to dVerse, September 13, 2021
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Watching the 9/11 news commemorative specials it seemed to be a different America. Under attack, we came together as one, proudly waving flags and everyone doing what they could to contribute to the nation’s healing. Today, we are attacked from within, the intent as malevolent and destructive as the planes that flew into the towers. Four years of misinformation, and leadership encouraging subversive groups and anti-government militia, fanning the flames of discontent and racial strife, have resulted in a nation divided. I’m reminded of the phrase “United we stand, divided we fall!” May the united America of post 9/11 rise again! .If all do their duty they need not fear harm, and together restore the nation’s pride and faith in the UNITED States of America.
Bravo. A serious reflective.
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Much💖love
We're definitely not united now.😔
ReplyDeleteThe ugly and the ignorant have crawled out from under their rocks and have formed a blob of toxic waste that is rolling across the land. It's up close and personal. I can't see myself uniting with the blob, and the blob thinks it can roll over those who resist it. Beverly, I truly hope something happens that can interrupt the trajectory. I do think it will take an ET invasion or "God" manifesting to lead us back together.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Beverly. It's an ugly state of affairs when a country tears itself apart from within. I hope the healing can begin again soon!
ReplyDeleteThe cracks are there in every society. Sometimes it doesn't take much to split things wide open.
ReplyDeleteSad but true, Bev!
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Wonderful Beverly!
ReplyDeleteThere have been cracks a long time, this divide is not a new thing, remember the aftermath of Waco, Oklahoma city... the list is long. Somehow I think that it takes a great nation to overcome winning a war, sometime losing might actually be better.
ReplyDeleteThis speaks from that wonderful place deep in your soul / heart. And from decades of watching, learning .... being.
ReplyDeleteLet there be no divide and absolutely no cracks! Such a potent write, Beverly 💝💝
ReplyDeleteYou speak the truth, Bev. I like the way you extended the quote. There is always HOPE! Never in my lifetime have I felt so uneasy about crossing the border until these last few years. I pray for peace and unity in your country.
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