In observing human blight
I understand Cassandra’s plight
To avail the blind of sight
Which the blind reject outright
Into darkness shining light
Those asleep, eternal night
Those afraid succumb to fright
Some truths offer no respite
So what’s wrong is then alright
Passions easy to excite
Demand joy inducing spite
Deny humankind’s delight
Speak of truth with some insight
Seek a truth but not a right
Wisdom is the greatest might
Reason helps the mind take flight
Intelligence seeks to unite
Fear’s response then is to smite
Hammers hard the hand of sleight
Seeking violence to incite
Weak minds bundled up so tight
Cloistered propaganda’s rite
Kindling waiting to ignite
Ardor’s angry acolyte
Few can read fewer write
Still too many do despite
Chew upon the lure bite
Skewered as a parasite
Hear what pays is dearly trite
Insincere appears forthright
Here life plays to color white
Near other hues we extradite
When this world one must indict
Reality is not polite
And will knock you down despite
All attempts to stay upright
Stung hard by derision’s bite
Vision proving quite finite
Subject of subjective slight
High price for the proselyte
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