Letting Go

'I thought I drank like everybody else
': Recovery Day brings stories of hope to
Toronto Annie McCullough, who helped
 found Recovery Day Canada, says
it's time to talk about recovery

God is not in the past                                                         
Don't search there
God is not in the future
The future holds fear
Find God in the moment
Lest you be unaware
God exists in the present
Right now and here

Leave room for the spirit
Otherwise ego remains
Spirit works on those hard to get out -
Fear driven stains

Get out of God's way
Own what's yours when you pray                                                             

My Son’s Opioid Addiction
Made Me Feel Like A Failure
 On Yom Kippur

You cannot be helped if you fight
Humility is "the way, the truth and the light"

The outcome is God's
Be not at odds
Listen with your heart
Mercy and compassion are the first place to start
Would you not want this for you -
Whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew?

Where you can you must forgive
It is the only way for peace to live

In Heroin Crisis, White Families
Seek Gentler War on Drugs

Bearing malice is the other option
To drink of this chalice is the full adoption -                       
Of vengeance, hatred, greed and murder
Goodwill and love will see you go further

Save US From Ourselves!

Downward below
Below the crystal depths
Grab a hold America,
Hold your collective breaths
Swim can we reach
Reach the white sandy beach
We're too far below
Where the air and surface meets

The First White President
The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency
 is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.

Don't fight it
Let sedition take you
Do you see the twilight?
Republicans forsake you
America's running out of air
Deep down we go
Can we make it to the grotto?
Can you see the surface-
From the watery depths below?

The promise of greatness
A millstone 'round our necks
Sinking US deeper
Below the watery depths
Look the world is watching!
Watching our every step
America - who will save US?
Save US from ourselves

Demon Slayer

Sessions Emerges as Forceful Figure
 in Condemning Charlottesville Violence

Wanton disregard for human life                              
'Neath twisted wreck of trouble and strife

Sweet Heather, how young she died
In a sick sick sick nation the rallying cried -

O Captain! my Captain!
How did such delay happen?
From whence news broke
Till your failing lips spoke

Sweet Heather of purple heath                                        

Editorial
Trump’s first response to
 Charlottesville was tepid
 and mealy mouthed.
 His second was too late

Gentle ye be, yet stronger than grief
Weep no more                            
Pray for us, then with Christ soar

Suffer little kids
Who dare forbids -
Them to come unto me?

Go now Heather, valiantly!

Heather Heyer:
5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

                                      

BANN-ON TRAVELS

Trump’s claim
 that Obama first ‘identified’
the 7 countries in his travel ban

Republicans have a loose Cannon

Bannon

USA's divided like a lost companion
Grand Canyon

Stark parallels to Hitler's Germany
Uncertainty

Neo Nazi/Alt Right insurgency
Emergency
                                                                                                               

America's under racist occupation                                                          

Travel ban ruling:
 judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order
 – as it happened

Prostration

Populist hatred hijacked the nation
Infiltration

Fascistic, unchecked, evil power
Liberals cower

Muslim Bann on high alert these hours
Trump towers

KKK terror in Canada and the USA                                                    
Guantanamo Bay                                                                                

Trump tweets his rage at
 travel ban ruling - claiming 77%
of refugees allowed into the US
 have come from suspect countries
since court order - and vows to
introduce new rules on Monday

Erosion, decay-freedom- unravels
Bann-on travels

Elephantiasis Goes To Washington

Why Donald Trump won —
and how Hillary Clinton lost:
13 theories explain the
stunning election

There once was an Elephant from New York                                       

Who gave a stubborn jackass a good pork

The ass said oh dear

I really do fear 

Next thing they'll stick in US is a pitchfork

The Villain in the Villanelle

CAN MAD DOG MATTIS
SAVE AMERICA
 FROM TRUMP?

You push away love
Like scraps on your plate                         

You're a hawk no dove

Look to God above
You seem close to hate
You push away love

Stifling like a glove
Be it wall or gate
You're a hawk no dove

Talons tear then shove                                                                   

Urban Development
 Makes Vague Promises
During Confirmation Hearing
“It will not be my intention
to benefit any American,"
 he said in a slip during his hearing.

Kill the welfare state!
You push away love

The elite thereof
Boldly profligate
You're a hawk no dove

Human bereft of
In your moneyed state
You push away love

You're a hawk no dove

Immune to the Herd

                                                                                                                   

Tuskegee syphilis experiment
About the USPHS Syphilis Study

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate
Because of this, many feel irate
The media had us all conflate                          
Health and choice with equal weight
Yet many still take the bait
For government coercion in the state

The right to choose
The right to be free
If we compromise these
We taint democracy

Dr. Eric Ball of Orange County, Calif.,
 says he tries to persuade parents
to vaccinate their children.
CreditMonica Almeida/
The New York Times

Is it about the greater good?
Bear it in mind, if you would
A vaccine is not a cure
Will illness be avoided?
No one can be sure

Just what's the real issue here
Toward their government people have fear                                    
How do we rebuild that trust?
Government accountability is a must!

High ranking officials, get your vaccine
In a public forum, where you can be seen
Publicly vaccinate your families too

Journal Retracts 1998
Paper Linking Autism
to Vaccines
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: February 2, 2010

With transparency,
There's no room to misconstrue

Create a public vaccine safety guarantee
Because Big Pharma, don't work for free
So why should we?
Pharma gets a piece of that health-care bling
When it comes to public money
Money ain't a thing!

Education is key
Real education
Not a media litany                                                                        
Beating people up, with your viewpoint
Radio call ins, got our nose out of joint
Moralizing does a social disservice!
It doesn't address the problem
It barely scratches the surface

FLU INC.
How vaccines became big business
PAUL WALDIE
AND GRANT ROBERTSON
Globe and Mail
 Update
Published Tuesday,
Dec. 29 2009,
8:15 PM EST
Last updated
Thursday,
Aug. 23 2012,
12:14 PM EDT

Legal control over another's body
At best, is constitutionally shoddy
When majority logic is a bit wobbly
But not as effective as a Big Pharma lobby

People fear vaccinating their kids
They slip 'neath the radar, or go off of the grids
Studies won't strengthen government official's bids
To save the public trust that has backslid

It's the damage past deception did 

Like the dirty little secret Tuskegee hid 

The social consequences, are a tough stain to be rid