Soulful Sadhak

We should never lose hope, even in the face of the worst possible adversity. The is a remake of Eddy Grant's anti-apartheid classic, sadly, i did not have to change much of the lyrics to make it up to date. History repeating itself. However,  as MLK famously said: 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.'  So l et's continue to speak up, to sing and to hope that the course of Bibi is changed, and that peace and justice will prevail. Free Palestine.     Lyrics Well Bibi he runs a country In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem He makes a few of his people happy oh He don't care about the rest of them  He’s got a system we call Apartheid It keeps a brother in subjection But maybe pressure will make ol’ Bibi see  How everybody could live as one  [CHORUS]  Gimme hope o Bibi,  Hope o Bibi  Gimme hope o Bibi  'Fore the morning come  Gimme hope o Bibi,  Hope o Bibi  Hope before the morning come  His ...

Can my words put anything right? Can they help those who suffer in all their plight? Stop bombs and guns in the middle of a fight? And the powers that be with all of their might? Does it make any difference if i write? Or is my writing just academic? My questions only epistemic? Aesthetic text administered as anesthetic The old blind lady starts to look a bit pathetic She doesn’t stand a chance of stopping a polemic What if justice just was a dream of the past? Made up by poets whose time didn’t last Can blank verses transcend color and caste when the pain is so widespread and vast, like words from the book to uplift the downcast? What good does it do to be but criticizing? Do i add insult to injury with my philosophizing? Can a writer really be this surprising, a deus ex machina to create an uprising? Or is this simply too much fantasizing?   Is lady justice blind? Has 'justice' become an empty word? I keep witnessing the horror on the news, and sometimes i feel completely los...