Dents in our Belief System?

Die-hard, entrenched beliefs decay

Uncertainties now plague our day.

Don’t rock the boat! Don’t make a fuss!

What’s in God’s mind to treat us thus?

 

Constant vigilance is key

As on-line means we’re never free

From surveillance or phone chat;

The “Good Old Days” saw none of that!

 

Does ageing mean that we harp back

To childhood? Was all white or black?

Or were our minds just unaware

Of life’s dangers everywhere?

 

So many on-line posts proclaim

Bygone days as “right as rain”;

It’s eighty years since Hitler’s War -

Is life not better than before?

 

Huge improvements in health care,

Electric cars and smog-free air!

Yet sales of junk food now increase;

Elusive still, world hopes for peace …

(c) Poet in the woods 2025