We live in an era of the great
devaluation of decency and responsibility.

Truth is malleable to fit the moment,
and deflection covers accountability.

Power trump’s values and cult-like
faith excuses logic and reasoning.

For we apparently have lost our footing,
slipped into an abyss which echos irrational thought.

As it steals the rights of other for the disowning
of liberty as was once our fervent national quest.

This is not the “our-time” I would have wished for
with such a dearth of compassion and thoughtfulness.

I wish for Christian values in an unholy time
and for Socratic reasoning in a chaotic rhyme.

And wish and hope for the next generation
to rediscover faith, logic, reason and compromise.