Blind and happy

in #poetry6 years ago

Blind and happy

 
Told we should know about the world that passes
But what good comes and evil stays
High definition views but fogged are the glasses
Government wastes and slays

Thinking we know what goes on, follow the spread
See it flow and the crevices it fills
Watch as the numbers mount in piles of dead
Through cracks the blood spills

No better are we as we watch on from the stands
Shaking our head at all the pained
Pretending to be better than others but fans
Ignoring the color they are stained

Complicit and explicit and victims we are not
Part of the first act and there at last
No amount of washing will remove that damn spot
Lady out of luck the knife has been cast

Knowledge and Power hand in hand are they carried
but to think one knows is to be fool
If they stayed a little longer, lingered and tarried
the cameras would catch the real tool

Propaganda en masse, and the masses lap it up
Conspiracy acted out in plain sight
Dip a toe in, take more than required, fill cup
Anything to stop the taking up of fight

Watch over here let me show you what to see
Slight of hand and I'll entertain
Let me tell you who you are and what to be
Led straight back onto the chain

Free as a bird without cage's key close at hand
The bars are held firm in place
They need not by made of stone, steel or sand
The mind has chosen its own case

Ignorance is a bliss that knowledge can't know
Happiness will never be found
Oppressed and depressed, blow after blow
Nothing left but the cold ground

Head held high once upon a time once maybe
No more will it upwardly lift
Survival of body is all left to dream and see
Through the ruins it will sift.

They will come and go in time and space
Making many a claim
In mirror staring back is hero, villain or ratrace
Which is the one to blame.

Taraz
[ a Steemit original ]

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Happiness is free, it is a matter of choice, no matter the situation we are in, we should always try to be happy, though life situations might not allow us sometimes but I believe this is easy and it will fade away just with time as death is inevitable. We should try and adopt happiness when we are still alive.

They will come and go in time and space
Making many a claim
In mirror staring back is hero, villain or ratrace
Which is the one to blame.

We might think because of our present situation cause or abuse anybody who will believe caused us harm but life itself is not always a bed of rose. We need to remain positive and behave as if we don't see what happens and remain Happy rather than filling our heart with life challenges.
I love the rhymes scheme you adopted it really convey the message well, (abab) . You should write poem often, you will surely become a great poet

Nice photography, sir. One line which I like very much is that our mind is not free rather it is imprisoned. We need to free our mind.

There is no lesson in the ironies of fate
But the ones learned by wise men laughing

fate is not cruel
It is the way it should be
for the sailors to learn there part
there could not have been a better sea

What would blind man see in world full of light
What good is darkness for one with sight
Is it not here that ironies abound
and no good reason for it is found

The ones who are happy are blinded by the crap. A few of us see the crap and we have to remain happy. I suppose we are semi happy. Would rather be semi happy than blind. Going to bed it's late lol.

Nice poetry touching direct heart. You are great poet. Well done

What am I to say in this comment. Am I supposed to write in addition to this or I can simply commend your writeup of course not with a one liner admiration text . I must say this not from a beginner but from a master , not from a novice but an expert. This is a master piece . Wonderful poetry my friend

Wow,
What a beautiful line hat some so high
The messages it contains are for the ages

This isn't competition. Lol
Things like this always inspired me to search within me and help me to come out with something beautiful as well. Lol

Thank you for a job Weldon

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