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Heart of Babel

We pretend to look it up

We pretend to know it all

We pretend to have the facts

Yet in the end we always fall

Enamored by religion

Institutional

A Boolean of truth

Where all other things are false

 

Because science has said it

For governmental funding

We read it on the headline

And that is saying something

The CDC, celebrities

All picturesque and stunning

It’s the popular opinion

No need to be confronting

 

All other options foolish

Lacking of the facts

Watched the news for twenty minutes

Put my faith within the act

God, I’m so enlightened

Nothing can distract

Cognitive to propaganda

Such revival in the tract

 

Time to get a flu shot

Need a new vaccine

Funding the production

Building a machine

Chemicals and compounds

Give me some caffeine

Loving this placebo

False securities in me

 

Never question anything

Never truly know

Never benefit the world

Just doing what we’re told

Livestock in comparison

No purpose to the soul

Idiots politicized

Who can barely even cope

 

While truth could be discovered

We remain within a cage

Mentally reduced

To the headlines of a page

References, a feeling

Unstable and enraged

Offended by statistics

With no hope of any change

 

The dangers of religion

Faith in institutes

Unchallenged and unscrutinized

Leaves minds of destitute

Zealous in belief

In an aimless, blind pursuit

Contemplation all abandoned

Afterthought, a residue

 

Brainwashed, corrupted

Controlled and engineered

Influenced, deceived

Hoodwinked and held in fear

Deluded, perverted

Seduced and volunteer

All references in marionette

The act of puppeteers

  • Author: Garathe Den (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 24th, 2021 08:38
  • Comment from author about the poem: A display of a very real issue in society, dealing with how society processes information. As most in society are so easily corralled into suggestive ideas, rather than pursuers of truth. This is a look at conformity, and ignorance, and faith and the inability to question… all the while letting their belief/trust become established and fortified in an idea without any real understanding, and most often without fully being truth.
  • Category: Sociopolitical
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  • Joseph

    It seems you do not like religion

    Or faith in anything

    Nihilistic, loving Relativism

    Will leave you rich: the king of all Nothing

    True, blind belief is bad

    In lies and any falsehoods

    But with no belief in God

    The only truth is death

    • Heart of Babel

      I’m not entirely sure I see how your deductions are supported through the context of this poem (with the exception of interpretation), but it is definitely a very curious thing to have read your response.

      I think, as with many things in life, we would probably have to sit down and really get a better understanding of what things mean to one another, individually, and get a more clearer definition of meaning (probably starting with the word religion, as that may hold the most disconnect.).

      But I appreciate your time writing out this comment, as I perceive it as genuinely cautionary, if nothing else.

      • Joseph

        Indeed, I apologize if I misconstrued the dominant theme of your well-written poem.
        I certainly hope (and find support for in your comment) that the entirety of a poet's beliefs would not be encapsulated in a poem, no matter how well written it may be, and I forthwith amend my understanding of the import of your poem as being genuinely cautionary, if nothing else.
        Besides that, though, I thought your poetic style was intriguing, and so I tried my hand at it (somewhat poorly, I'll admit).

        • Heart of Babel

          No apologies needed, I sincerely just found your initial views towards it interesting. I am certainly not offended by it in any capacity. I do appreciate the reply though, that you would care enough to at least not want to be intentionally offensive, or whatever. It’s good character.

          I’ll have to check out your poem when I get the chance. Thanks again for the reply and accepting the friendship thing. See you around.

          • Joseph

            The pleasure and the gratitude is mine. It is very rare to find someone with your equanimity and understanding in any forum of discussion, both off- and online. Till our poetic interests converge again, friend.

          • flyingfish

            Very comprehensive. I always have my salt shaker handy! Good work. Cheers

            • Heart of Babel

              Nice, you need a good salt shaker every now and then; to season a good meal, or to throw into someone’s wound!

              I appreciate the comment, and am glad you enjoyed it.

            • Goldfinch60

              But many of us can cut those strings and live in our own wonderful lives.

              Andy

              • Heart of Babel

                That is the beauty of it, isn’t it!
                That we CAN exist outside of it.



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