The Darkness

How do we free ourselves from The Darkness? Right now it is all encompassing, like the thickest of fogs. The Darkness has a physical presence that is pure evil, an impermeable coat of armor that feeds on negativity and anger, hatred and chaos. The conundrum here is, the more anger and hatred that we direct at The Darkness, the stronger it grows. It is emboldened right now and feels invincible. “I am The Darkness and no light can ever hope to penetrate me.” So on it rolls, engulfing any shred of decency that dares to stand in its way. The Darkness will douse with a vengeance any light that dares to illuminate its foul deeds.

To make matters worse, The Darkness is aided and abetted by The Drones, slavish sycophants who will do The Darkness’ bidding no matter how cruel and illogical it is. The Drones are driven by a pathological fear of saying or doing anything that will raise the ire of The Darkness. The eyes of The Drones are shrouded by ignorance, their ears deaf to the the cries of those who’s lives have been upended by the cruelty of The Darkness and their tongues are twisted by lies as they parrot anything The Darkness says, lies so deep and naked that even a child, especially a child, can see right through. The Darkness needs The Drones in order to perpetrate its crimes against The People. Luckily, most of The People can clearly see that The Darkness wears no clothes and is parading its bloated and naked body around in public for all to see. But in the eyes of The Drones, their supreme leader is clothed in the most magnificent of robes; fur-trimmed and bejeweled, made of the finest silk, a glorious sight fit for a king, which The Darkness fancies itself to be. The Darkness and The Drones are a formidable team, it’s a symbiotic relationship where one needs the other to survive. So we stumble on, those of us who struggle to shed light on this collective insanity and those who will say and do anything to feed The Darkness and keep it in power.

So where is the path forward? Who will guide us to the light? Who will help us to defeat The Darkness? We will, that’s who! Fear and hatred are strong, make no mistake about that, but love and kindness are stronger. Like the rising sun that turns Dracula to dust, so must we be that sun, individual points of light that grow into a shining beacon of hope that will banish The Darkness forever. Let the haters be blinded by the brilliance of love!