Artichoke

Artichoke                8/29/2016

Through the eyes of glass

We peer into windows

Open to the world

Inward, outward

Independent and free.

Searching through

Time and space

And able to decipher

The good and the bad.

The willing can see

If they know where to go

In a fraction of a second

The whole world

Melts away.

Rifling through opinions

And sorting through the facts

We can learn about the motives

That influence our vision.

Opening the pomegranate

And peeling back the onion

The truth can be discovered

Among the countless lies.

Some seek not reality

But only feed their delusions

Always hating

And always blaming.

Hating truth

And hating beauty

They savage the hand of kindness

Over and over again.

But he who thinks for himself

Let him look

And let him see

Lifting up his head

Above the stampede. 

It can be painful

And it can make you ashamed

But the truth

Will always be an answer

To mental slavery.

Remove the filter

And open up the screen

Dead level ahead

To see what is there. 

Piercing through

The smoke and the mirrors

Laser straight

And determined.  

Fearlessly discovering

What is hidden

And tracing it backwards

Aghast in horror.

There are many

Who have seen

And there are many

Who have died. 

But now more than ever

The truth is a crime

As those who hate the truth

Want to kill

And crush. 

The window was opened

And the truth escaped

So now they seek to close it

Anyway they can. 

Watch it grow dark

And make all of your plans

For the day of darkness

Knowing who lies

And knowing why. 

Remember this

When the windows

Will not open

And the biggest lie of all

Is told as truth.

Look into your heart

And the windows of the soul

Inward and upward

Through prayer

And faith.

Unshakable

And strong

Determined

And true!