May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet so willing and willfully surrendered at least for a time our civil liberties in the cause of health security.
A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty by Michael Doyle Good versus evil plays on the silver screen This then is what Star Wars really means In a time as old or older than Father Time The movie's shallowness is yet sublime There in the treasured original trilogy Was a story laid bare with moral ambiguity There is a stark truth in black and white Why not reveal the truth in plain sight Democracy becomes as it is a useful tool In turning Anakin into Vader, reel to spool Persuaded that Jedi good is bad in quest for power Darkness creeps in to steal the Empire's hour In a strained quest for a manipulated need for security The Republic loses it soul and all of it's liberty In this we watch a people enchained and overturned In the oldest lesson man continues never to learn (c) May 8, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved