The Creaking Chair - Part XV

  

30th November 1986

I like Suzanne

But the only thing which we can speak of now-a-days 

revolves around politics and the shift in world power 

discussing if it is for the good or bad ;

of the country, the people and more importantly world in general

Now you would think that this is good 

Conversations with substance and not just idle love making 

That sounds like a relationship to look out for

Well if I were to compare myself and my interest in politics

to any species in the Animal Kingdom apart from the Homo Sapiens

I would come closest to a Panda or a Polar Bear 

And she would be the Chimp or the Bee or the Ant  

So it’s not really a fair match

And well to be frank, I am not apolitical

I am aware of the nitty-gritties’ of the left wing and the right wing ideology

And all that rhetoric which falls in between 

I also have a well defined process of assimilating the political opinion 

and the art of political warfare 

But what I am not comfortable with is carrying my political belief on my arm

and picking up fights wearing that arm band 

for I won’t win an election or a war – but possibly tie a knot on the thread of my current relationship

I have a longer blog post on this thought which I have put out 

so if you are reading this, do not judge me lopsided on these surface thoughts alone 

Neither is this lack of courage or a desire of escapism 

It skirts on pragmatism with a hint of indifference 

but deeply entrenched in the fabric of moral principles 

It takes a deeper intent to make a difference in a matter 

than to have a rhetorical conversation on a decision taken miles away 

Judging on the spectrum of rigid beliefs to fluid conservatism

Remember what George Orwell said & I quote 

‘ All the war propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, 

comes invariably from people who are not fighting’

Political debate is no exception

But then I think it takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable 

in the field you feel so passionately about 

and maybe we would reach that place over time 

for now it’s an exploration..

~Ashk

P.S. – I later learned Suzanne was a major in Political Science from Berlin. Some secrets she kept from me, some vulnerabilities I never exposed – so I guess we were even..

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