Aware

Celebrity depression

makes headlines

and facebook is rife

with armchair therapists

 

While reports of the plague

that will reach our community~

and every other ~

causes panic, until

 

The next fad demon,

disease, discomfort, difficulty

is tweeted over cyberspace

insisting that we are aware…

 

Not to worry;

awareness lasts but a splash

in the grand scheme of Time…

 

Like a bucket of ice water

dumped on your head.

 

Author's Note

Nothing against people who have done the "ice water challenge", but I can't help think this whole thing is a fad, and those same people who are dumping buckets of water on themselves today will next month be trying to remember what "ALS" stands for. The news and social media seems to need for us to be in a righteous tizzy all the time...

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i will always remember what it stands for...my old neighbor Don....and my best friend from college, Jane....my inspiration to write, will never let me forget...
don't need a bucket of ice water...and you are probably right...another fad...

i still wear pink shirts all the time...

[Rita L. Sev]

Yes, we become aware of diseases that affect us personally, and work toward those causes. I am all for awareness, but I want it to lead to action... Thank you, Jacob.

[A. Amos]

I was so surprise what these people are doing, ice water challenge. I can understand how you feel, because you are not alone; most of the sensible people feel the same. Great piece of writing.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, A. So many people are doing this "challenge"; I hope they are also donating to the cause!