Politics and Prose

The problem is that we both need more than four years ...
to get to where we want to be,
and the problem is that we only get four or so years to get there.

You don't hear us like we hear you.

And even though we both want to get there together, we both want the same thing, the way we get there is forever different.  We are both playing a losing game with a belief that we are somehow winning.

When we pay for the earth ... and fight for the right ... and forget what we've gained ...and  the stone stops skipping ... and the ripples' waves reach the edge ... begin to bounce back -- we'll be connected, ready to try again.

How deep do your pockets fall with cosmic weight that you need to get something back from the system that you now control?  When and what do you give in?