What do You expect in case of loss?
The other day I saw a story about impoverished citizens of Bayview, Virginia, USA and was struck by the situation that after three years of bringing notice to their plight it was all in vain--they were denied. But, after getting wide publicity and embarrassing authorities, suddenly their revelation turned into transformed deliverance--a common phenomenon. Change emerges more from humiliation than preconceived logic.
What is it we heartily wish of each other? Is it to be pleased and flattered? No, but to be convicted and exposed, to be shamed out of our nonsense of all kinds, and made men of, instead of ghosts and phantoms.
--RALPH WALDO EMERSON
It was not there was a need
Heaven knows there was
It was not that equity need serving
It certainly was not because
It was not because to hide in the shadow
Is far below
The standards set so long ago
It takes more than logic or sense
To bring to light
It takes something more personal
Something of might
And why would that
Ever come to pass
To come to the side
Of attending the mass
For one reason alone
The oldest reason not to fall
Chagrin motivates like
The mother of us all
No need for despair
We silly creatures seek ease
And the surest way is
Save face if you please
Even forced change turns a leaf
All in good time we will attend
If only for relief
The personal need to blend
So the object needs light
Change will follow its course
Reveal what is but real
Revelation is subtle force
