Delusion of mind

Another poem i thought id post.

We have lost our understanding in such themes

As love, freedom and truth in life,

We commonly reject them without hesitating

And resolve that we must forever be prey ...to delusion of mind.

Soon that delusion turns to fact

And our minds become corrupt,

The disease of lies that fills the lack

Of simple knowledge…

The tongues of men and their subtle ways,

Catching throngs by surprise

Sucking false words into darkness they stray,

Holding to heart those well said lies.

They turn a blind eye to the obvious lack

Of justice and of truth,

They don’t want to see their pretty world crack

To crumble and fall as they die… in a wasted land.

A wasted land to a wasted life

And empty shallow state

A void of sense, just pain and strife

Burning inside with hate.

Walking through the desert of their minds

The tortured ache of their parched souls

Lacking the waters of truth

Glassy stares, hearts turned cold

Thus is the life of young and of old

Living in the world of today

Bleeding and broken one strand of life they hold

Throwing their lives away

Someday we will have a world

Where love will reign again

Where smiles through tears will be seen

And we’ll have joy instead of pain

--Delusion of mind