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MEGALOMANIAC

7/23/2016

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Please take MEGALOMANIAC, a poem I wrote, and have a friend record on a cell phone as you and your friends sing it at karaoke to the song Maniac by Michael Sembello. Post it on youtube and Facebook with the title "Megalomaniac" and describe it as a protest song against Donald Trump. Please state in your posting that Megalomaniac was written by Diane Kaufman, MD. Please tag me to your post. If enough people do this, the poem's message will gain national attention in the media and could influence how people vote. Here's the poem/song lyric:

MEGALOMANIAC

Just a pompous blowhard looking to be the President
This is so totally crazy, better wake up to reality USA 


Spouting hate as if it were love notes, turning compassion into ridicule 
Corrupting greatness into exclusion and domination, he's so insecure 


Denying mockery, deception and lies, he's masquerading as God’s truth          
While we're on the precipice between integrity and living his nightmare


He’s a megalomaniac presidential candidate, venting fear, anger and diatribe
And he’s lighting a match to our country, saying we have no choice, why should he care


There’s a moment in time when you must rise up and stand tall 
Can’t remain ignorant, hopeless, and blind against raging tides of arrogance


You may have lived your life small, but now you must live strong 
Or this opportunity to save our future will pass you by


He’ll promise you the moon and the stars, the heavens, too
Don’t be fooled and bedazzled by his hyperbolic hypocrisy


He’s a megalomaniac, a maniac buying up real estate, to build another tower
How can we elect a President who has no shame and wears no clothes


He’s a ticking time bomb ready to explode 
He’s a maniac, an ego maniac who wants to steal your vote


A maniac, a megalomaniac whose desire is to be President
From his penthouse view he’ll be safe, while America’s spirit implodes


He’s a maniac, a megalomaniac lusting at the presidential polls 
America, if you want to survive, you better open your eyes 


Don’t let apathy stop you from seeing what you know to be true
He’s a maniac, a megalomaniac, whose narcissism makes him unfit
To uphold truth from lies, he’s a danger to our country and the world


He’s a maniac, an ego maniac, a megalomaniac
America remember who you are and all you can be
Cast your vote for sanity and our country

See the megalomaniac for what he truly is 

Just a pompous blowhard looking to be the President
He’s a maniac, an ego maniac, a megalomaniac...         




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Freedom's Song of Sorrow 

7/16/2016

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​Freedom's Song of Sorrow 
When will this madness end? Murder and racism in our nation. Terrorism and death around the world. In the spirit of Emily Dickinson, and from my own broken heart's outpouring, a letter to our despairing world: 

All Life’s People sing their cry
To render hearts open wide 
To see and honor Precious Soul
To honor Life’s Creation

Created by Creator of One and All 
How then can we kill each other

In these days of ceaseless sorrow
Prayers for Freedom's Blessing

Pray we heed the deepest call
Beyond illusion and not knowing 
Beyond not caring and unfeeling 
Beyond imagining hate can ever 
Speak for Love

For Life holds Every Spirit in Her arms
Crying out for All to hear:

I am mother, I am father!
I am sister, I am brother!
I am all colors and all faiths!
I am the beloved child!

I am here and I belong!

You have no right to silence me!
You have no right to murder me!
My blood is on your hands!

When did you forget or did you not know
I Am That I Am is Life taken form
And Love is the only language

Inside us all a child’s heart
Inside us all a child’s hope 
Inside us all a child’s song

Pray we listen to Life’s heart break
Cries of pain fueled fear and anger 
Cries for respect and understanding

Pray us now for peace that lasts 
Beyond the rage, cruelty, and brutality 
That feeds on death as if it were life 
Pray our wounds heal completely

Pray we honor Thou Who Art
Highest Upon High
The Soul of the World
Elixir of Life

Freedom weeps from Life's annihilation 
Grieving murdered Spirit Souls 
Whose own Songs of Freedom
Lie dead upon their lips

Like Phoenix Birds may we rise from ash 
Winged Messengers Witnessing Truth
May Prayers beyond tears turn to Love 
And may this poem enter all hearts

Freedom's Song of Sorrow

by ​Diane Kaufman, MD
Independence Day: July 4, 2016
Days of Sorrow: July 5, 6, and 7, 2016
Day of Horror: July 14, 2016 
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Days of Sorrow: Freedom's Song

7/8/2016

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When will this madness end? Horrific murders in our nation. Terrorism around the world. Please share if you feel this poem can help inspire healing.

​Days of Sorrow: Freedom's Song

All life’s people sing their cry
To render hearts open wide
To see and honor precious soul
To honor Life’s Creation

Created by Creator of One and All
How then do we kill one another?

Prayers for Freedom’s Day
Everyday and Everywhere
For Everyone in the World
Freedom's Day is Now

Pray to hear the deepest call
Beyond illusion and not knowing
Beyond not caring and unfeeling
Beyond imagining hate can ever
Speak for Love

For Life holds Every Spirit in Her arms

Rise up all voices
Soar high like birds
Beautiful across the sky
Cry out for the world to hear
I am mother, I am father!
I am sister, I am brother!
I am here and I belong!

Do not take my Life away!

I Am That I Am is Life taken form
And Love is the only language

Inside us all a child’s heart
Inside us all a child’s hope
Inside us all a child’s song

Pray we listen to Life’s cry
Songs of pain fueled anger
Songs of yearning from loss
Of hope and understanding

Prayers for life, joy and peace
Beyond human misunderstanding
And brutality that feeds on death

Pray we honor Thou Who Art
Highest Upon High
The Soul of the World
Elixir of Life

Freedom weeps for life's annihilation
When Spirit Souls die each day
Their own Songs of Freedom
Dead upon their lips

Rise up all voices in heart's sorrow
Let praise ring out for Freedom's Song
Be strong and never stop singing
Until Freedom reigns true
For One and All

​Diane Kaufman, MD
Independence Day: July 4, 2016
Days of Sorrow: July 5, 6, and 7, 2016
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    As a child, Diane Kaufman wrote in her grade school composition that when she grew up she wanted to be a "medical doctor or a medical drawer." Her passion as expressed in poetry, story, and art seeks to inspire positive transformation, to help "humanize" our life experiences, to increase our connection with each other, and bring awareness of Arts Medicine as valuable in promoting and nurturing health, healing and well being. 

    Dedication:
    ​I write this blog to express and release my thoughts and feelings, to heal myself and others. The world is full of suffering. I want to do my part to heal the despairing wound. I want to do my part to comfort the crying baby, the lost child, and the all too often hurt and hurting adult. I have named my Arts Medicine for Health & Healing blog, Poetry Baby, and she calls upon me to give voice and share her spirit: to write, create, be courageous, and most importantly, to have abiding faith in the Almighty Mystery and Power of the Universe to spin the world into loving care and compassion. Our hearts and hands can make this be so. 

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