I'm thinking this is a rough draft. Not sure if I'll polish it up and set it to music in any case. If you love it and want to give it music, let me know and I'll probably say yes.
When Evil is Manifest
Deirdre M Murphy
We like to think the best of all people
Or at least if they do wrong, they’ll hide
But current events have made it clear that evil
Doesn’t care if it’s out in plain sight
They say a little sunlight will clear it out
And I absolutely wish it were true
But I’m seeing the evil doers shout
And their followers cry out, “us too”
I’m only one gal, with bad lungs and eyes
I don’t have much money or power
I want to be the change, but I’m just not wise
Enough to even know what we need in this hour
Perhaps with collective action, not just one alone
Could change human hearts, give them empathy
But how that might be done? I just don’t know
I hope that someone out there knows the recipe
Copyright ©2022 Deirdre M Murphy (2/25/22)
#skirmish #manifest # SS022522d
@berni1954 Mar 2022
Yes, we "meek" seem to be taking a long time to get our inheritance.
There was that brief glimpse of light in the late 60s and early 70s - but since then evil has stalked the world doing what it will.
@misterdemp Feb 2022
Yes to this call to action for the polite and uncertain among us!
@richaaaay Feb 2022
That's well said. I just read erbaer's manifesto skirmish. Both lyrics are different but also., perhaps, quite similar. At least they get me thinking about some of the same things. Such a strange time we are living through now. It's so hard to comprehend...
@cindyrella Feb 2022
Wow, this is so powerful and how so many of us feel right now. Bravo.
@porrectus Feb 2022
That's pretty powerful in its powerless with hope. Nice work, good thinking piece, Great message, well done.
@andygriff Feb 2022
This is one heck of a lyric! Thought provoking and rather moving too.
@tunecat Feb 2022
Well I feel honoured to be part of FAWM which seems to me to represent a community where people are expressing their ‘truth’. I find it’s good just to know that these are truly difficult times and that there are others out there struggling to reconcile what’s going on with an internal desire to have a paradigm that doesn’t rule out something better
@unpronounceable Feb 2022
Wow. This is a really powerful capture of a complex, nuanced experience. Thank you for sharing this.
@keithcuts Feb 2022
thought provoking write!
empathy and recipe near rhyme tickled me
nicely played