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David Bowden – The Inner Net [Poem]
The Inner Net – David Bowden Woven into each and everyone of us there is an inner net We connect To each other Thread to Thread Cell to Cell Heart to Heart When formed correctly the net forms community And we catch boat loads of life We all yearn to be hewn[1] in this collection For it is the human connection It’s the reason why we have eyes, tongues, and lips So we can be intertwined together as we see, speak and kiss It’s the reason why we have right and left hands So when my right reaches your left Pinkies, rings, middles, pointers, and thumbs interconnect In the loom of the human thread But we have become disconnected By nations and nationalities Language and legalities Wars and quarantines Prejudices and bigotry [2] The net of humanity Has been severed severely As we cut ourselves off In the pursuit of individuality And in the midst of this shrinking world sensation Many are placing the blame on Technology As we burrow into browsers Unplug by plugging in for hours Miss blue skies while working in the cloud Laugh out loud without laughing out loud Humanity seems to be disconnecting At the one point in history when it is the most connected But just as to the good we are not entirely compliant [3] Nor entirely resistant Neither is this tool entirely consistent For the problems of our world used to be too big and too distant To connect to and know of its widespread existence...
Poem: Simple Truth
The truth is usually simple – Why is it difficult to live? If love is infinite to give, Then why is unity unreal? Why can’t we move beyond the words And sharing on Facebook pages? Why does this finite round world Get packed in shopping square cages? Hate, finger-pointing and spite Rule over every good intention Instead of change and self-correction, We look for being “good” and right. Is there sapience in us, Or are we fear-driven primates? We sing of peace, dream happy days, While driving somebody bananas… We’ve come a very lengthy way, We’ve walked the round world TOGETHER, We’ve played and learned from every game, We outgrew our furs and feathers. Now we are due to calculate And draw some sapient conclusions: To be recycled as primates Or drop the “you ain’t me” illusion… by Irene...