IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

 Many songs about love, success or heartbreak, have been written with the timing of key importance. It seems as if the middle of the night is the peak period for love connected emotions. Songwriters appear to be inspired by it and I wonder if they are writing during the middle of the night or merely using the concept. Whatever it is that they find inspirational is a mystery to me.

 I hate being up in the middle of the night. True, the computer boots up faster, it is quiet, no phone calls to interrupt thought process, but it is lonely and dark and lends itself to the more pessimistic side of life. I read all the stories of the news and I wonder if we will ever be able to crawl out from under the muck and mire, the filth we have poured so liberally over ourselves and the country.

We have become obsessed with loud and rude talk, tough talk, but refuse to pay the cost of these words and deny their power, The daughter of a major conspirator of Jan. 6 says no one takes his "cross the line" talking seriously, but evidently many do as he organized arms and plans for that day, as he threatened his own kids with being shot if they spoke of all this. A true loving father! But how much longer will we continue to deny the causative power of words. I can say that in the middle of the night it is not difficult to follow the historical trail of violent words to violent deeds. Why do we always forget this or ignore it, or worse, make use of it? Dark questions in the middle of the night.

At the same time one wonders about the thought process of some people. Do they think of their dangerous stupidity , invent it, in the middle of the night? Do not take the vaccine - because they follow Trump?! Well, he and his wife took it before they flew the coop back to Mar a Lago. More hypocrisy! Still, these people soldier on under the biggest fallacies and untruths perpetrated upon their willing heads. Their answer, which I have heard too many times, is "I am not a Biden person" when asked why no vaccine or mask. Seriously! Since when has medicine become a political football and who made it that way. Ahem - hint - GOP.

Does the darkness of the middle of the night lend itself to dark thoughts, to plans to continue to spread hatred and troubles? Does Ron Johnson think of his dangerously ridiculous and provocative statements, reeking of ignorance and racism at midnight? Does DeSantis think of his garbage then? 

It seems that the darkness of night lends itself to dark activities of the humans on this planet. People are grabbed in raids in the middle of the night. Nacht und Nebel , Night and Fog, was a murderous program of the Nazis. Crimes are committed under cover of darkness. Raids on perceived enemies are undertaken. All this overpowers the midnight of love songs, yet they persist. Perhaps we need to rethink our thoughts and the power of darkness to influence them.

As for me, all I want in the middle of the night is to sleep. Insomnia is the pits and I wonder what to do now. I painted some woodcraft items. I straightened equipment. I wrote the blog and checked emails. Worst of all, is the pill I was prescribed. Sleep? No way. This pill makes me more insomniac than ever!

"Oh to sleep, perchance to dream."

Shakespeare had it right lo those many years ago.