Apathy's Remedy
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
With so many maladies to confront in today’s tsunami of changes, one is hard pressed to overcome the weight of it all, many choosing instead to adopt an indifferent attitude. (Image by M.S. Nevado)
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Apathy’s Remedy
by Odin Roark
Some acknowledge it,
Few reject it,
Many succumb to it.
Such is the torpor
Surrounding too much of today’s pressing reality,
That adopted indifference and ennui by the masses,
Making tomorrow uninviting.
Yet…
Even as the sink hole of soul
Quivers and bellows its voracious seduction,
The echoing essence of being human
Seeks to be heard.
And…
Like Beethoven’s Ode To Joy
One’s many tomorrows to come
Can be imagined as layers of unbridled choruses
Merely waiting to be heeded and embraced.
For like the masters of creative imagination,
Eradicating such dulling of the mind
Calls upon tenacity of will,
That exquisite quality of reason
Innately inherent in all,
The quintessential detoxifier,
Whose purging exorcism
Leaves apathy struggling against its demise,
Knowing rational determination
Will make dispassion but a lexiconic reference
In the many conquests of mind.
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Lately I've been bombarded by hundreds of new causes being shepherded by ordinary people, asking for funding. They all report one interesting thing: their efforts are succeeding! Yet, they always need more funding and more, followers.
All I can gather is that it doesn't take much more than an Internet presence these days, regardless of apathy, to get things done in a positive way. If only the U.S. Congress could figure that out. But then, we have to vote, and that is just too painful for most folks to do.
Ron
Professor to one of his students: "Which is worse, ignorance or apathy?"
Student: "I don't know, and I don't care."