When We Close Our Eyes

 

{This is the third post in my series Sixty Days.  I began the series, when it was sixty days before our 2020 presidential election.  I thought I might take a trip down memory lane in the next few weeks, with poems, stories and blogposts I have written during the Trump Presidency.  Most of them were influenced by current events at the time, and so will serve as a reminder of what these years have been like. 

This one is a warning of the dangers of apathy or inattention in choosing leaders, when the stakes are high.  The curtain, as you may guess, refers to the unveiling scene, in The Wizard of Oz movie.  Thanks for reading!}

 

Examine not

The behavior,

But the attitudes

That underlie;

 

Kneel not

To a savior,

But observe and open

Up your eye;

 

Take not

At face value,

Though a pretty face

And value high;

 

Seal not

With a salute,

When position, place,

Encase a spy;

 

Check out

And be certain,

Though the lies ring true,

They’re naught but lies;

 

Hide not

With a curtain,

For the Master rules

When we close our eyes.

 

 

 

Copyright 2016 Andrea W. LeDew (written 2016)

 

For more in this series leading up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, see Sixty Days. 

For the seductive nature of relying on others to form your opinions for you, see You Choose.