there is a frightening
parallel to
the times of confucius
and the current
state
of the world.

he railed out against
the crumbling
of society as autumn
faded to winter
breaking
the country apart.

who speaks now out now
in a world
where families are fractured
by false ideals
propagated
by unsocial medias.

torn apart in the pursuit
of being
upstanding to the detriment
of its meaning
deceiving
ourselves of the truth.