I'm back

Well, I had completely forgotten I created this over a year ago, but stumbled across it again. I have been meaning to get back into writing so here goes.

There has been much going on over the last twelve months. Many changes in my own world and the world around us. The US have a new president, our Prime Minister said "sorry" and some people believed it, and others thought is wasn't worth much at all, I have been in a wonderful relationship and happy it is going so well.

One thing that hasn't changed as long as I can remember, and as long as history books go back is the presence of war in our world. The struggle here is multi-faceted. We are at war on so many levels, and most of these levels we are not aware of. We are engaged in personal wars. The little voices in our head that continue to reek havoc. The wars in our own neighbourhoods. These ones are more prominent. The drug war, the gambling war, the consumeristic war. We are told to buy everything, cover our butts and make sure we are comfortable. And yes, forget about the 95% of the world that don't have clean water, basic health care or any kind of stability. It's crazy. I was in my backyard the other day and noticed the most prominent sounds around me was the traffic (I live by a main road), the birds and the occasional siren, which could be ambulance, police or fire. It struck me that we are so fortunate to live in a place where the dominant sounds in the background aren't morter or gunfire.
Imagine if this was the scene where you live. Would you get used to it? Would you become desensitized to it? It scares me to know that there are children in these places who go out to play and come back with severe injuries from finding old landmines or not at all.

We face wars every single day and for the most part, we either ignore it or pretend it doesn't exist. We pretend we don't know that this or that brand is produced in labour camps. We ignore the fact that a great deal of our clothing comes out of sweat shops. Are we too weak to make our own choices or are we too resigned to the face that this is the way it is and we can't do anything about it?

Many questions. I'd like to keep writing and I'm not too fussed if no-one sees what I write. But if you do, and if you have thoughts or complaints or anything.... please share them.