Who Ruined The Meal?

quietude of the mind 

the desired destination 

but not today 

enraged thought

choleric mind

examination perhaps?

of why oh why

the racist human 

can readily purchase a voice

 on this day 

the future that was once the past 

the pot’s been simmering 

without reaching boiling point 

for a while now 

we ALL could have shared a nice meal

as a family 

damn shame some fool turned 

up the heat 

everything we worked toward

has been ruined 

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i feel really bad :((((((( deleted my first reaction :(((( not sure of the pole this poem clings to??? feel the same way the day my da' said " I am so sorry that your children and grand children are inheriting this world"
my father was an Irish, Catholic, Democrat gone Independent when the man Clinton avowed ... "I never..."
I was rocked on my heels by his comments .. my Dad loved his grandchildren to pieces ... :( i want this poem to be more straight forward in its leaning ;) and at the same time i respect the swirl of poets prerogatives :))
E.
ps .... human beings are flawed ... always ... but this white American middle class man ... can say with confidence .. racism is not in my home ... and way gone down the road in America ... bad things and people will always be with us here on Earth .. so very sad! what a fantastic write KWP! ... comments are reactionary ;)

[KWP]

there has been another racial flare up out here E - this time people booing a top notch Aussie Rules football player - he is at the top of his game - the peak of his career - and people boo him for the stands. He is aboriginal. This kind of lack of intelligence and down right hatred stabs me right in the chest - the player in question is thinking about retiring because of it. Just when you think you are moving away from this kind of stuff - you get slapped in the face with it again years later ...

this of course has a flow through to the aboriginal community and well it makes me sad, angry and well out of patience that the human race can not catch up - there will always be the stragglers - those stragglers have to ruin everything ... i like your grandfather and what he said but it saddens me that he said it - I have said the very same thing to my kids - urging them to go into some kind a field that will work towards saving the human race, saving the earth, saving ourselves ...
and evolution will continue to unravel ....... LOVE to You E ... so much LOVE X

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my goodness ... wow! what can one say??? the ignorance is astounding! LOVE!!! and so much respect! ;)

[dw817]

I am reading this and wondering if it has to do with The Great American Melting Pot, a term used to describe the many races that can be found within the U.S.A.

As for turning up the heat, is this referring to racial prejudice ?

[KWP]

there has been some racial tension out here in Australia - just when you think yu have turned the corner - not yet - no doughnut for you or me - as for turning up the heat - yes you are right ;) X

[dw817]

Oman why can't we all just get along ? Hmm ... I'm reading about the Crunella Riots HERE,
http://bit.ly/1Il1wQR

[Willard Wells]

We do appear to have lost some of the progress or as I expect the truth is some of the hatred and bigotry has been held in check and little things here and there have brought to the forefront, the issues that we still face as a country and world. Nice write.

[Gee]

Always be rascism,bigotry,see it all of the time.I too would love the metaphor if I knew what one was!!!!!It's nice to read poetry that is so well written and So far removed fom my own

[Valentine]

This seems to be true in many places on this earth. If people are too bigoted here on earth to visit the Masters house [church, temple, etc.] how can they think He will let you into His Heavenly home. God is love, not hatred. Valentine

[andrew mitchell]

I love the metaphor KWP. Well expressed and how times will only get worse. Technology has brought everyone closer so everyone wants the same things!

[wordman]

it`s been here since time began,it will be here till the end
and probably into the millennial rain

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we were headed in the right direction once...but seems all the progress we made in love and understanding toward others is diminishing...and we are becoming just as prejudiced as were so many years ago...

i really like the metaphor of all sitting down at the meal together...but now there are empty seats.