Duct Tape Blues

I finally started to feel better, just in time to attend a candle light vigil against the upcoming war. It was very moving. I thought that maybe 8 to 10 people would show up. I was pleasantly surprised to see that a couple of hundred actually came. Several people spoke about their feelings about the impending war. I took a moment to express my feelings about my frustration about the lack of a national debate, and the way many people are responding to President Bush like lemmmings, ready and willing to go off that cliff just because he says so. One group played a song they made for the occasion. We all lit our candles and gathered together to share our patriotism, our concern, our prayers for our soldiers and our hope for the the impossible; avoiding war at this time. After the gathering, I felt a sort of peacefulness, knowing that I was there and that I was not alone in my thoughts about how our leadership has failed the country. I also learned how eternal hope can be, even against all the odds.