Today things seem like they are
Topsy-turvy
Our world is changing so fast.
In many (read most) ways
This is not such a Bad Thing
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There are those who resist
Change at all cost
My own parents hated my
Hippy hair, not thinking
About all the great men
Of History who had such.
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Change for the sake of change,
Is NOT a good thing
Speaking from experience.
Change, for the sake of fixing
Historical inequalities and
Injustices, IS a good thing
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My parents were born eleven
Years after the first
Airplane flight at Kitty Hawk.
They got around in mule and
Buckboard Wagon.
During their lives, they saw
So much history;
The first transatlantic airplane
Flights, Radio, Television, Vaccines
To prevent diseases.
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They also saw WW One and Two,
The Korean Conflict
The Vietnam War, Granada,
The Iran Hostage Crisis,
The Oil Embargo, the end of the Draft.
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They saw the first resignation of
A Sitting President, the
Assassination of another, the
Impeachment of another sitting
President, and far too much corruption.
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Yet still today, we have people
Who resist change,
As it if is all bad, and they could
Keep things the way
They were when they were young.
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Like an Ostrich with its head
In the sand, they
Cannot accept that change is
Inevitable, and for the
Most part, a good thing, if we make it so.
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Change is difficult, uncomfortable,
It can be painful.
It is necessary for life to
Continue to develop; no change
No development or adaptation.
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Times Change, for the Better,
For the most part.
All people, Women, Gays
Everyone deserves equality; it is
That time, so let us embrace it.
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a Brief History
by
Jerry E Smith
©3/26/18
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