Choices
You can choose who to hate
And choose who to love.
It’s merely a question of prejudice.
You can side with the haters
Or side with the innocent
It’s only a roll of your dice.
Perhaps it is birth
Or experience and circumstance
That dictates your views?
Perhaps it is the cool light
Of rational thought
Or merely what’s reflected in the news?
We are all victims of lies,
Subject to propaganda,
As malleable as plasticine.
It is the manipulators
Who pull all the strings
And obfuscate what is seen.
Opher – 26.10,2019
We do make choices as to which side we support. But how do we make those choices? And who is manipulating us?