eyes open closed

when the night is darkest

and world starkest

when humanity is inhumane

and every kind word is said with bile

when wicked is good

and laughter is mocking

when peace is held with a loaded gun

and innocents are killing to survive

when the old bury the young

and truth is the ultimate lie

when the poor starve

and others eat themselves to death

when the internet is a right

and privacy is a crime

when you look outside

and realise that prison has no bars

when you look in the mirror

and you see a wraith

when a candle in a field is as bright as the sun

and speck of light can blind

when you know the end is near

and yet you cant see the inevitable

when your fucked

and you dont even know it

then we know ignorance is bliss

and knowledge heartache

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

as always thank you for taking the time to read.

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I Concur

Agreed. "Ignorance is bliss," but with wisdom comes sorrow. We see with open eyes, but we close our minds to their meaning. This is a good work; I appreciate its thought-provoking nature. Keep up the good writing.

 

~Seraphim


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Thank you for your feedback. 

Thank you for your feedback. 


The darkness outside is not so frightening as the one inside. Behind knowing smiles and crocodile tears we hide our fears.

 

Being angry at someone is to give them power over you, but to forgive is to take away that power.

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When Is A Great Word

 

Glad I read this - Lady A -

 


 

 

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You are to kind

You are to kind


The darkness outside is not so frightening as the one inside. Behind knowing smiles and crocodile tears we hide our fears.

 

Being angry at someone is to give them power over you, but to forgive is to take away that power.