Uncomfortable Truths Sown
by Michael Doyle

Uncomfortable truths push forward mortal history
At times, these must be sown despite the misery
and the writers of the day must dare to openly criticize
And question the prevailing order that we must analyze

However, winding or twisting the paths and trails
That gets humanity to see past our heavens and hells
It's better that we see the cruel truth past our illusions
To what we need to know and not just our comfortable delusions

In the past century, our smoke-filled eyes have learned
So many lessons we had wished didn't need to be discerned
Like growth for growth's sake is cancer's ideology
And we'd all be much better off with a lot more modesty

There is nothing uglier than hate and intimidation
A climate created by a noisy few insisting on damnation
That needed to be the fumble into life's brutality
When we might choose to fight instead for morality

That comes from fighting a crooked sort of government
To bring back and make simplicity something permanent
Weirdly, though, life only teaches impermanence and death
As we fight the system until the groan of our last breath

It is patriotic to fight the system that hurts us all
We've learned that present society is a stew to be recalled
Because it's led by the floating scum risen to the murky top
It's become patriotic to fight a government that will not stop

(c) January 29, 2024    Michael Doyle
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