News Talk

News Talk             7/13/2017

Many will eat

And still be hungry

Force fed for life

On nothing at all. 

Nothing but baubles

Dangled in our eyes

Shiny distractions

From what is real

And what is true.    

We can listen

Or we can turn away

Because the truth is all around

Everywhere you look

And everything you see. 

If you can see it

Then you can decide

Who are the real liars

And who are the blind.  

Here they come now

And chatter

Endlessly speculating

On nothing at all. 

Outside is everything

And memory is the key

As with each passing day

It either gets better

Or it gets worse.

The struggle against forgetting

Is a war against time

Slipping away

Every minute

And every day. 

The world spasms

And doubles over

Long ago

Corrupted

And compromised. 

Accustomed to power

And unlimited money

Skimming off the cream

And feeding at the trough. 

Fat off the back

Of the powerless

And the forgotten

The sacrificial lambs

Detested

And abused. 

They have lost

And their time grows short

A long time coming

Slow

And certain. 

Guard your heart

And lock it away

Everything in prayer

Morning, noon

And night.