I think common sense would be pretty common (pardon the pun), but I feel like some people out there lack common sense. First off let’s talk about the very definition of what common sense is. When one looks it up in the dictionary. It might say something like the following from the Oxford dictionary. “the ability to think about things in a practical way and make sensible decisions.” In other words, it helps us make reasonable decisions. That leads me into my first quote of this blog post which says what I said from the very beginning of this post. “If only common sense were more common.” Some people have the worst common sense.
This is a short post so I will conclude this post with the poem down below and that is it. I wrote it in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection because in my mind those people seemed to have the worst common sense. That leads me to my next and final quote of this post. “Common sense is a flower that does not grow in everyone’s garden.” That brings me to what this post is all about. My point is this… there are people in this world who have common sense and then there are those people who lack common sense. For the most part it is very easy to distinguish between the two. I hope that you all enjoy the following poem.
For the Better Good
Some people just lack common sense
As they want to cross over the fence,
But never take the time to know why
It is there. They see the burning sky,
But never know why it is constantly
Burning. They cause chaos and bodily
Harm but never understand the pain
It causes. They complain about the rain
But never understand why people stand
In line for change. They never fanned
The flames and they shift the blame
Onto someone else when they take aim
At people who serve to be our voice for
The better good. They break the door
In the hopes of disturbing such a sacred
Space that is now tarnished with hatred,
Not with peace or their patriotism. They
Need to learn a thing or two about laying
Their hearts in the right place instead of
Shattering the broken remains of love
And sacrifice. Inspire a peacefully led
Revolution for justice instead of a thread
That leads straight to more destructive
Behavior. Be a voice for a more productive
Movement as the rest of us use our voices
And hearts for common sense and choices.
