The Truth
The truth is usually grey.
It doesn’t stand up to the light of day.
What appears to be absolute
Rapidly falls into fierce dispute,
As the truth falls prey
To political decay.
We glean our truth from a source we trust
But the best of sites are rarely just.
Too many spoons prodding the pie
Taking more than their share from both you and I.
They twist the truth to fit their lust
And usually believed and rarely sussed.
The truth is what they want to pervert.
Seeking the gullible to convert.
The first casualty of war it truth
The second casualty is always youth.
Their aim is to subvert;
To facilitate the maximum hurt.
The truth is usually grey.
It doesn’t stand up to the light of day.
What appears to be absolute
Rapidly falls into fierce dispute,
As the truth falls prey
To political decay.
Opher 19.8.2018
I wrote this for all those people who take their news from all those fake sites out there on the web, busy pushing their propaganda: for those who take the mainstream news as gospel; for those who really believe that they have the only handle on what is really going on.
This is tribal.
This is all lies.
A healthy cynicism is the only defence.
But none of us are free.