Silver-Painted Wooden Spoons

By: Katelyn Tijerina

Humanity, all too willing to give away the tattered shelters of our rights, when frightened. When rights are lost tyranny occurs, there can be no revolution when we’re all 6 feet apart. Trapped in the small confines of our house, not questioning the power shift. No one thinks, the news, social media, TV. Filtered, what they want you to see. If we continue the big brother society you read about was too far from realistic, may be our future. What we don’t know can hurt us. If you blindly accept the “Truth” dolled out on silver-painted wooden spoons. The truth coated in silver linings. Why would someone rebel against the brother who wants only to “help”? You look up at the mask covered mother without questioning why her expression never changes. It’s only until the silver chips away will we understand you’ve already given up what was once yours to take. Free will. 

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Picture from: “Rusty Brown Surface on a Silver or Gray Plate,Background and..” 123RF, www.123rf.com/photo_78143058_rusty-brown-surface-on-a-silver-or-gray-plate-background-and-texture-from-the-old-rusty-metal-for-ad.html.