Losing It

Can you believe Instead of caring for one another Right under our nose We are losing it While our eyes are opened To the noise and din Our ears are closed To what's within Why we fail to realize What is happening now Is camouflaged by the opiate Called news All orchestrated by denials To create changes So that liberty we once possessed Is no longer applied We can no longer focus On what is meant to be Because we are distracted By fake news and political chicanery Which we fail to see Celebrated and feted with idolatry In a reckless dalliance that has no path Separation of mind, soul, body and heart Some parade as leaders of men But do not let nature take its course When we are still mired by the vagaries of history That causes confusion and strife They forget the common purpose Of providing comfort and care We are sheep in arid pastures Neither watered or fed With silted and barren vision In tired and weary heads So our faith is sealed And dreams are slain With faded hopes, our new refrain.