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It's Nothing But Delusion

Today they believed the lies
the distorted truths… the accusations… and wrong-doing cries
the created fabrications which are easy to consume
conceptualizations and distortions… abundant and abloom.

Responsibility once assumed… but now rarely seen
reality now falsified… made convoluted… and obscene.
And the beat goes on….
as the mind is twisted
like that character… on Prodigal Son.

And while these false narratives appear
which the perpetrator wishes that all will embrace
the ego desperately asserts and manipulates
loyalty and trust is what it requires, and necessitates
but the soul is slaughtered… beaten… and no where to be found
and truth is tossed… lost… by perplexing theories which abound
while delusion….
leaves nothing but despair and mind confusion.
And life goes on….
the mind twisted
like that character… on Prodigal Son.

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L. J. Carber

Date: 4/14/2021 9:21:00 AM

This poem reminds me of one I wrote in answer to the arguments against belief in God posited by an atheist poet friend--'I Sing To Eternity'. I've known for 50 years that materialism-- the belief that only matter is real in the universe, no God, no soul-- is the real delusion and responsible for so much human unhappiness.

George Yiorgos Stathakis
Date: 4/14/2021 7:28:00 PM

I tend to agree with you L. J. Perhaps there will be a merging of the spiritual with the material one day. Take care my friend.

James Marshall Goff

Date: 4/7/2021 11:28:00 AM

Good one George! one's mind is twisted in a free and open society only if one allows...we, in the Western World possess free will, to listen to those we disagree...discuss, compromise & resolve...in Totalitarian Regimes, one narrative is only allowed, the arbiters of that narrative dictated by those in power, enforced with VIOLENCE...I would much rather filter my own opinions from an open society than nod my head in unison with lemmings to avoid being cancelled, shunned or worse!

George Yiorgos Stathakis
Date: 4/7/2021 5:35:00 PM

So true James. We are truly fortunate that we live in a place where we can express our views, without anticipating and/or experiencing dire consequences for doing so. The important thing, as you mentioned, is filtering one’s opinions, and coming up with opinions that have been created through careful analysis, an examination of facts, knowledge and critical thinking, by way of an open mind. Take care.