Mount Superior

Mount Superior

 

I find myself 

Wondering

How rarefied the air

Must be 

On the moral 

High ground

 

Is it altitude

Sickness

That causes 

Blindness

Inability to see 

The possibility of pain 

 

Caused

By the stones of

Judgement

Rained down on those

Who don’t look

Like you

 

Who don’t think

As you do

Who don’t believe

As you do

Who don’t live

As you do

 

Many who climb this mountain

In order to comment on the

Ubiquitous cyber world of news and current affairs

Lighten their load

By leaving their true identity

At base camp

 

Some obviously have

Multiple degrees

They are psychologist

Health expert

Philosopher

Law maker….

 

This plethora of degrees

Equips them

To share their hard won

Expertise

Under intellectually inventive

Pseudonyms

 

During their gruelling

Years of training

Many miss the odd subject

Compassion

Humility

Empathy

 

Strangely

Moral principles 

Appear to have

No place on

The moral high-ground 

Of Mount Superior

 

Tricia 30/4/12

 

(Of late I’ve found myself frustrated by the rush to judgement of many media commenters. This is my response.)