Mind Game

>A mind game Played on someone over time can maim Crippling their sense of truth For unlike the follies of youth Thought Is something that is not taught? Indeed, much learning is encouraged by rote repetition Yet for the most part the human condition Communicates by sharing thoughts Learning the mutual value of each others ought’s Many of which we take on undigested Even if hotly contested Rarely do we absorb and understand our actions How inadvertently we are caught up in chain reactions Truth to be real needs a personal assent It is not just a question of intent Or belief being something to confess Or profess For a belief in God of whatever creed Entails looking at and appreciating the reality of our need For something beyond the machinations of the mind A revelation of a wholly other kind A profound recognition of something other And our responsibility to one another For life is not ours to deploy As if the world was a toy Jane Tatum©>