Face in Corporeal Space
I hauled myself out of the social media metaverse Networked weary, wary and numb from its persistent duplicitous staging Shadowing and herding us. waging on what sum Will be gained from our collective pain promoting doubt and misaligning hearts and mind To be cruel instead of kind Electing to eardrum us dumb A mantra to dull and mute the essence of our core. whispering a continuous chant of gloom and doom That steadily changes who we are Amassing hysteria and propaganda. as a ploy. Betting on 2nd hand chatter, persistent slander, And that a monologue of mud slinging and pander for the almighty dollar will bring some palatable shame based fame Using any scam and dodging any proof to employ A fabricated alternative revision of validity Lip service to misinformation and suspicion. That breeds hate, paranoia and division With a click of a mouse or key We pick and choose our humanity. Posting sensationalism,regionalism separatism pessimism, Nationalism pietism,victimizim,sexism racism, martyrdom,dogmatism and ostracism All bordering on fanatical Irrational extremist protectionism dismembering our living souls with barbarity. Armed with carnivorous delight We tally up and rally for the fight succumbing with murderous venom To fears of unwelcome phantoms. Cult like we bring home a narrative composed and contrived from conspiracy that retells truth and reality with biased justification that maligns a fair clarification Of news and knowledge where insight Is based on plausibility and believability Not on popularity or publicity The online avatar we choose and use individually defined and collectively designed Masks us up to be most godlike and grandiose. wraithlike we insidiously superimpose Our presence like a powerfully fed ghost Into whatever self fulfilling world we choose A soul stealing universe Formulating fiction into fact And fisting up the populace with teeth bared. Knuckled up for a slanted subjective online monster hiding under our bed And it will be our democracy that will be bled. This monster we create will be our fate Without mercy it will continue to grow and feed from the serving plate of lies, greed and misdeed. In choosing a side and letting it ride Using this global forum to demonstrate even for promoting truth, I am complicit too And by linking rancor to combat hate Our idealistic starry eyed view Of righteousness will segregate us Truth will not prevail without trust. Trust and grace must go hand in hand For the truth to seed and water barren land. Altruism should be our truism. And rationalism, a reality Of our touch and taste actuality, Should be our daily asylum Not a deep abysmal chasm Of fraudulent misdirection to fall into. Liberty presented in deed and action Should be our only emblem of patriotism. Not a excuse to solidify a adversarial reaction Within any particular group or faction Our commonality and the light that shines Is born equivalent in all of us. Our similarity should be seen as community Our differences not a hindrance to be deemed a interference In our quest for our own self-identity Nor to see otherness as the unwashed rabble Ready to replace or erase our place Our distinctness and diversity are key To a healthy democracy . Choose to advocate only with charity inside. Transform your virtual and actual world and link openness to diversity and equality as a guide Whatever you share of yourself in our global and virtual society should not mask who you are in your inner space. Contribute only goodness and leave not a trace Of any view that hinders the human race Towards healing the light that shines bright In each of us-MLH