Fake Memories
Fake memories
Fake fears
Fake News
Fake tears
Rousing the faithful
Feeding the lies
Inflaming the emotions
Deaf to the cries
False truth
False fed
False economy
Falsely led
Deliberately stoked
For selfish gain
Cynically oblivious
To the generated pain
Fake news feeding real crimes
Fake smiles for our times
Fake sincerity for personal gain
Fake compassion masking real pain
Real people hypnotised
Following blindly
The veiled disguise.
Ignoring all the shouts
Of the truly wise.
Led up the garden path
That’s built of where’s and why’s.
Opher 23.6.2018
How to pick your way through the exaggerations and lies that are trotted out to frighten us?
I think we are being manipulated for political reasons! Even our memories are fake!
We no longer believe experts and are instructed to ignore them. Now we believe the headlines of the tabloid press or choose to get our view of the world from dubious internet sources.
Truth is hard to find. Too many people have a vested interest in deceiving us.