Shadow of Ignorance

Shadow of Ignorance by Odin Roark How pervasive This innocence Turned weapon Casting as it does But silhouettes of its reality The shadow of man So often seen So clandestine its verity Moving over landscapes Brightly lit with fear Politics Religion Relationships Business On it goes This outline of purpose Hiding stealthily behind Its backlit reality Blind remains the perceiver Trusting that which can’t be seen Except by penumbra’s Epiphanous delusion Rare integrity Steps from behind the eclipse Revealing their true certitude Risking that many perceivers Will see such action specious Leeriness of convictions Dictates reason as shield Aware mendacious agendas Prevail as the given today Thus argue the conscious To excuse ourselves with ignorance Is derelict of duty Hastening the speed of covert influence Rapidly paving persuasive highways Where opportunity shows little honesty Continuing to deceive our sense of safety With misleading caution signs Many speed through just before Plunging over the cliff