Television and film make mischief of our lives,
even the media of so-called journalists,
liberties taken when they edit a story,
elements go missing from the full storyline,
violence, injustice, travesties of justice,
in hindsight, our vision perfect, twenty/twenty,
still our judgment is off, affected by the news,
in truth, we lack foresight, the dimwitted brother
of titanic forces, but still we have some hope,
nothing enters this world unseen, unobserved,
as the bombings go on around the world, hot spots
noted too dangerous to visit for travel,
despite the warnings, flares shot in the sky, we go
for pleasure, illusion, for fun from all the pain
in this life, the sorrow, suffering, delusion,
left to figure it out from what images give
mindlessly, ignorant people, addicts of bliss,
mental hopscotch, to leap over the lies, arrive
at the right conclusion, not to jump like soldiers,
kill the enemy, kill the other, kill yourself,
even suicide brought on by the news, no trust
made with the universe, whatever you call "God"
in faith that we must find against reason, critique
simple facts presented to move beyond the lies,
consider our anxious minds like a candle flame,
how one moment, so still, the next, so erratic,
if knowledge cannot help our lives to remain calm,
even as danger stands before us, many forms,
faces of the devil, simply mirrors ourselves,
on the one hand, we fill our minds with garbage truth,
for the forces of hate seek to destroy, to burn
our souls even before we have a chance to see,
understand how gossip, hearsay, half-truths, and lies
reveal our acceptance, our part in the hatred,
lift the veil of mischief from your eyes, see beyond
Information given in the present as truth,
vainglorious, boastful people seek to demean
even the least of us who wield power, butter
sticks held high like swords, the children know little.
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