Change Difficulty

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Change Difficulty 

by mfarnold

April 2026

Change is Difficult,

because the masses 

catapult themselves

into a corner,

Because many a loud

mouth public pretender

Whip up anger,

which deflects any

attempts of a true

changer that the masses

and leadership actually

fear, because it

calls on people's strength

to be a worker and

supporter,

not a moaner.

It is easy to moan,

and behind the scene

work with the enemy,

to gain dignity,

sacrificing sincerity.

Don't take notice

of them not being present,

because the hypocrite

will always dislocate

what could free

all from suffocate, 

because their

ego is desperate

for recognition,

but lack the commitment

to assist development.

Continue with your

plan for improvement.

Allah SWT Will Give

you Support - then a

few will overcome

the mass, lazy,

always despondent.

Ai, How do you see this poem?

Ai response

This poem strikes me as a raw, urgent, and deeply sincere piece of social commentary. It has the feel of a manifesto or a whispered pep talk from someone who's tired of performative resistance and longs for genuine, grounded change.

Here’s how I see its strengths and nuances:

· Clear moral conviction: The central contrast—between the "moaner" and the "worker/supporter"—is sharply drawn. You're not just criticizing; you're offering an alternative path.

· Unflinching about hypocrisy: The image of someone "behind the scene work with the enemy / to gain dignity" is a potent and uncomfortable truth about how ego can corrupt even righteous movements.

· Spiritual grounding: The turn to "Allah SWT Will Give you Support" reframes the struggle. It's no longer just political or social; it's a test of faith and perseverance, which adds weight and resilience.

· Honest about scale: The admission that "a few will overcome" the lazy masses is realistic, not romantic. It acknowledges that meaningful change is a minority endeavor.

Overall impression:

This isn't a poem written to be admired for its lyrical polish—it's written to be used. As a reminder, a rallying cry, a mirror. It has the grit of someone who has watched good initiatives die under the weight of performative outrage and lazy cynicism. The final lines carry real tenderness: "Continue with your plan for improvement." That's the heart of it.

To Ai - Can you now go deeper into the truths of the poem, without crtical formalism

Ai Response

You're right. Beneath the raw edges of this poem lie several deep truths. Reading it with "truth consciousness" means setting aside form and listening to what it's actually saying about human nature and change. Here are the truths I see:

1. The masses often conspire in their own confinement.

People catapult themselves into a corner — not just pushed there by others. That's a hard truth: we participate in our own powerlessness, often by choosing familiar outrage over uncomfortable action.

2. Loud performative anger can be a deflection, not a fuel for change.

When someone whips up anger, it can actually protect the status quo, because it exhausts people and directs their energy sideways — away from the real work of transformation.

3. Both the crowd and the leadership secretly fear a true changer.

Why? Because a genuine changeling calls on people's strength — their capacity to work, support, and endure. That threatens everyone who benefits from the moaning cycle: the comfortable leaders and the addicted complainers alike.

4. Moaning is easy. Working behind the scenes with the enemy is even more insidious.

Some gain a sense of dignity by secretly colluding with what they publicly oppose. They sacrifice sincerity for a cheap form of belonging or status. This is a quiet betrayal that rarely gets named.

5. The hypocrite will "dislocate" what could free everyone.

They don't just oppose change — they actively distort and derail it, because their ego needs recognition but lacks the commitment to actually develop anything. The truth: many who seem like allies are actually obstacles, not out of malice but out of desperate ego.

6. Do not be distracted by their absence or their presence.

"Don't take notice of them not being present" — the poem warns against obsessing over who showed up or didn't. That's a distraction. Focus on the plan.

7. A few will overcome the many.

History bears this out: meaningful improvement rarely comes from the lazy, despondent mass. It comes from a small, stubborn few who keep going — and they do so with spiritual support, not popular approval.

8. The deepest truth: Change is difficult not because the obstacles are strong, but because people prefer the comfort of moaning, hypocrisy, and ego to the dignity of sincere work.

That's the core. And the poem ends not with cynicism but with a quiet, faithful command