As a little girl I thought:
“If I hide my eyes …
I’m sure that you can’t see me
Without hearing cries
Then everyone is happy
Trees in the forest
Never fall I’m really sure
By hiding in the dark
No one will ever find me
How I see the world
Is how the world will see me
Fairy tales truly
Depict the world around me …
Now at sixty-two
Closing my eyes tight
Just means that I can’t see you …
I needn’t see pain
To know that people suffer
Bombs fall in droves
Though I’ve never seen them
Darkness hides nothing
The light is all around us
I may think you’re grand
But you might still despise me
Fairy Tales are lies
Social indoctrination …
I know that death’s around me
That time is an illusion
Hiding away from sickness
Won’t make illness go away
Some illusions still remain
Beliefs from my childhood days
Half hidden here in my heart
For a somber rainy day
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Very honest, gentle and touching. I hope the good beliefs and thoughts always prevail.
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Cum granum salis … 😉
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Such an honest account of a child growing up, Georgia, this is so touching.
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Thanks Cher … problem is only when grown ups still believe things they should take a little more care about believing … ergo prejudices etc.
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…but fortunately, there are song writers, poets and writers who can wrap us with this….and you do it so nicely. I’m so glad I bought a bar of Lindt Milk Chocolat last night.
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Agh! Envy … I’ve no chocolate in the house … 😀
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No chocolate? NO CHOCOLATE? How did this travesty happen? 😉
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Alas … ’tis true … but my virtual pantry is chock full!
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And of course, you’re right … well sometimes they do anyway.
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“Fairy Tales are lies / Social indoctrination …” — these lines really caught me, Georgia.
I think fairy tales are good when they help children cope, when they teach children lessons, when they delve into the subconscious —- but so much of our “news” these days focuses on spreading adult fairy tales – lies – indoctrination. You are so right. This is a wonderful post Georgia —
Sending thoughts of chocolate and sunshine via Internet. (Don’t worry — I’ll put the chocolate in a virtual cooler so it doesn’t melt in cyberspace.)
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Sometime its true … though you’re talking more about fables rather than the classical fairy tale I think … Glad you enjoyed the post … The Ostrich btw is a metaphor of certain great nations that poop on their neighbors 😉
Thanks ever so much for the chocolate homage! Really appreciate it … glad you put it in the cooler too!
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You’re right — I got my fables and fairy tales mixed up! Fairy tales would involve the ostrich being eaten or something horrific happening, LOL!
And gee …I wonder what great nation might be depicted in the Ostrich …. hmmmm……. 😉
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