How Do You Know?

 

 

How do you know for sure?

But you took a side

And you argued vehemently

That the other person lied.

 

You stuck your neck out

And put your head to the block

That one was telling the truth

And the other was not.

 

And your contention was

You heard it on the news

And there was lots of evidence

Given all the reviews.

 

 

Your news source was reliable

But the other source was not,

Yours came via CNN

And theirs came from Fox.

 

Not to mention YouTube channel

Where there were lots of hits,

So, there is no possible way

Your news could have been fixed.

 

People don’t like your choice

And want to pull him down

But the real truth is

The other candidate is a clown.

 

But how do you know for sure

Which one is telling the truth?

As far as I can see

Neither of you has any proof.

 

 

You live here in Barbados,

You don’t live overseas

But you are going at each other

Like two uninformed lackeys.

 

What about the local situation?

This should be within your scope

But even in this case

This is like “Murder She Wrote”.

 

None of us is really sure

 Concerning what to believe,

What we think is the truth

Might be an attempt to deceive.

 

Let us not become enemies

Because of one’s political choice

But in the interests of our country

Let us speak with one voice.

 

One voice concerning justice

One voice concerning equal rights,

One voice concerning God’s Word

And doing so with all our might.

 

 

One truth of which we can be sure

Is the infallible Word of God,

Around it we can rally

With no chance of being defraud.

 

So, be it Trump or Biden

Be it our Government or Opposition,

At the end of the day let’s remember

We are all in this position.

 

Trapped by our leaders’ decisions

Let’s earnestly pray for them

And trust that they look to God

To help resolve our problems.

 

That they remember their oath

When they stood before the G.G.

And promised to do their best

And to act responsibly.

 

That they understand servanthood

That the people are their boss

And they will have to give an account

For whatever is gained or lost.

 

And that five years is not forever

Even if they tend to forget,

And that the next scheduled elections

Could be the cause of much regret.

 

Stewart Russell © August 2020