THE LOST REALIZATION


READING, ,WRITING  , ARITHMETIC ,
COMMUNICATION UNDISGUISED .
LOGIC , REASON AND UNDERSTANDING 
ONE MIGHT BE CONSIDERED WISE.

ILLOGICAL CONVERSATION
NONSENSICAL IN A WAY .
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE MEANTIME ,
WE DEAL WITH IT EVERYDAY. 

UNREASONABLE OR BLATANT BEHAVIOR
MANAFEST IN THE MIND.
MAGNIFIED OR DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC  
IT SEEMS ONES  LOST THEIR MIND.

A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING 
WILL LEAD ONE FAR ASTRAY ,
DIRECTED INTO DARKNESS 
WHERE CHAOS AND MAYHEM PLAY.

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND COUNTING.
ILLITERACY WAS AND IS THE NORM.
FOR THOSE , WHO , DISBELIEVE THE MATH ,
THEY'LL  HAVE TO FACE THE STORM.

UNSEEN CONSIQUENCES ,
ARE STARING THEM IN THE FACE.
IF ONLY THEY WOULD FACE THE MIRROR ,
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF DISGRACE.

WHEN THEY REALIZE THE MANIPULATION.
IT MAY BE A LITTLE LATE.
FALLING OFF THE CLIFF OF LIFE
RAPIDLY FACING FATE.

Michael E Harris 
11072025
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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