CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'...

All the leaves are brown and

the sky is grey. 

 I've been for a walk 

on a winter's day. 

 These are haunting words 

from a popular song 

written in 1963.

 Now, 

the leaves are green and 

the sky is blue. 

It is spring time,

 with summer coming on fast and 

the year is 2020.

 There are elements of life now 

that are right in tune

 with those words.

When all those leaves were brown and 

the sky was grey,

 all we could think about

 was how wonderful it would be 

when the leaves turned green and 

blue skies appeared. 

 Then we could be happy,

 then we could love them and,

 mind you, 

they would still be

 the same leaves and the same sky - 

only the color

would change.

Wouldn't it be wonderful

 if it was just as simple 

as that? 

 All of the madness, 

all of the terrible rioting,

 all of the hatred 

towards our fellow human beings,

 could be wiped out 

just like a 

seasonal change?

We, the People, are in charge. 

 Now. 

 Not because of something 

that didn't set right

 with our ancestors, and

 was passed on and on 

throughout the generations.

 We are born innocent. 

 We can die smarter and 

more tolerant 

if we take charge of our lives and

 live them in the way 

that we should know

 is right and just.

Here I sit,

 in my sweet cottage, 

with my fulfilled  life, and

 it seems so easy for me

 to be at peace.

  Me,

 sitting here in all of my white privilege.

 There are those of us 

who can't and 

they must have my thoughts and deeds 

for a better life.

 There are those of us 

that won't and

 they must have my sorrow 

as they are so lacking

 in heart and soul.

 I would imagine 

thinking that you are so right 

about so many wrongs, 

must be a 

hard burden to carry.

These last few weeks and months

 have been devastating 

for our country and the world.

  Covid-19 

has taken so many lives, and 

now is bound to 

take many more,

 but systemic racism 

is another form of virus 

that has been here for

 too many years.

 Here in California, 

I am dreaming of something better,

 as most of us are, 

in every state and country.  

There is an answer buried somewhere, and 

it is up to all of us 

to try to find it. 

 Wouldn't it be amazing

 if it all could be put right and

 just be as simple as 

learning to live in this world 

only seeing people, 

instead of color?

Stay smart, well and wear your masks.

...Judy...

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