The Hopeful Mirage of Water In The Distance (News)
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Watching weighted stories singing cry songs of tragedy
Screen and speakers purging
Only deatlh or fear and death
to tighten anxious bones
of quiet mothers
who purchase the safest car for future offspring
and surge forward to find truth like all headaches and orgasms and vibrations; fading through time
eventually forgetting reasons to fight against the obvious
and accept the singular hand's sour spoon
Anxiety in eyes of patrons at your local bar
hearing murmered sighs telling others tales of woe fed to idle men through iron pixels
only to make vaguely compassionate comments amongst each other
followed by a snide retort by the young adult father who favors sitcoms over hugging
followed by the laughing souls returning from their reflective clouds
back to squinting through opaque facade that they all think indentify as
Reality
which is only the one true lie we all think we grasp so steadfastly
I just want everyone to be happy and realized the absolute truths and subtle concretions
that create harmony
like that most humans are monsters but have the capacity to love in all aspects
and that consciousness is the one true closeness to anything we call 'God'
That there is no reason for life, and all that is, just is
Life is so short
help one another find peace within the sphere of awareness we all share as a community of
neighbors and strangers
to draw borders and make enemies when the reality of life is that no such things exist
our paradigm is sour
and it makes my brain pucker
but when I watch the news
my brain sees my sister drown in a flood or unknown hero revolt in a country I cannot pronounce the name of
and sends signals to my eyes to weep but to forget an hour later as I talk to another person
about mindless musings of pop culture's sculptured children superstars
telling me to forget what's important
I don't know who I am
I don't know how to be who I cannot believe to dream to decide
There is no one to point me in the right direction
but the odorless colorless box that filters delightful crimes with silent altriusm
this sits behind my eyes
and accepts the man on the news at face value for the last time