Who Lacks Wisdom

Oscars 2022
Even in Hollywood
A man too proud 
Too high up on the cloud

On the world stage
Spotlight perhaps more focused
Than sufferings of Ukrainians
By the Russians

One man feeling disrespected
Will Smith the movie star
Strikes Chris Rock
The comedian

A grand display
Spectacular arrogance 
An irrevocable failure  
To show love and understanding

Yet in the name of love
Displaying the very violence
That revealed the true nature
To the entire world

The nature of a man
Who lacks wisdom
And understanding 
To turn the other cheek

Eternal Suffering

With all that money
With all that power
And time running out

Maybe ten twenty 
Or thirty years max
Left to live on this planet

Why start a war
Killing thousands
Ten thousands

Innocent civilians
Soldiers with families
Friends and relatives

What on Earth does
Mr. Putin need before
He goes 6 feet under

What good is it
Like Jesus once said
If a man gains the whole world

But looses his own life
What good is it indeed
To die and take nothing

To live in eternal
Darkness and oblivion
Eternal suffering  

Mr. Putin

Everyone's got issues
That's for sure
Mother 
Father
Brother
And sister

Including that guy 
In Russia
Mr. Putin
And everyone else

On this planet
Regardless of ethnicity
Gender
Religion
Status

Each and everyone
Needs some psychotherapy
Some more than others

A lot more

And Eileen's Choice

Eileen Gu representing China
Is a choice
An inconsequential luxury
Of being a hapa American

Nathan Chen representing US
Is not a choice
But the only way possible
As a full ethnic Chinese American

Eileen Gu's half white genes
That biological blueprint
Can never be taken away
A genetic link to being American

Nathan Chen's only claim
To being American 
In the legal context
Is being born in the American soil

Whereas Eileen Gu's representation
Of China can be deemed respect
For her mother's half
Without ever endangering her American heritage

Nathan Chen's representation 
Of China would be considered un-American
Throwing away the only chance to prove
That he is in fact an American

Even representing US
With gold around his neck
Many would consider him
Less American than Eileen Gu

Despite she representing China
Because she is half white
Genetically speaking
Regardless of how one portrays 

And Eileen's choice
To represent China
Is not so much gain for her
But absolute loss to America

The failure of American society
To embrace all ethnic groups
Including hapas
To feel proud to represent America

Just Another Day

Olympics in Beijing
Kamila Valieva doping scandal
Eileen Gu representing China
Nathan Chen representing US

Russians at the brink of invading Ukraine
One bitcoin at $40,000
Blockchain on the rise
NFTs producing millionaires

Omicron surge abating
Lingering Omicron deaths
Lingering anti-vaxxers 
EV revolution 

Just another day 
Another news
From the perspective of 
Colored spectacles