If indeed you observe
If and when it’s time to complain
I must speak for myself
And call out my own name
Maybe it’s time to think?
Maybe it’s time to up my game?
A figure of speech
I’ll just make it plain
How do I grow?
How do I sustain?
What is my motivation?
What is my claim?
Am I a skeptic?
Would you think me lame?
How else can I know?
Unless my ego is tame
DCG
Peel back the social veneers
You posit on media as real
Strip away these shiny objects
Aligning with how you want to feel
The picture of Dorian Grey
Is something most cannot see
It must be reconciled from within
Who wants to be a nobody?
Maybe an enhanced photo?
A status symbol revealed?
Boasting about a life event?
Not something you still want concealed
The problem is not what you show
The choices you make are yours
It defines much of your character
Just what happens behind closed doors?
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DCG
What does the mind do
When we take a mental selfie
Not far from a picture we change
Sending out our improved image with technology
So like the image
So like the thought
The mind will make adjustments
More often than not
The idealized ego over time
Will now become the standard
Just who do we kid?
When we become the pandered?
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DCG
If we have no standard to live by
We become lost in our moral decay
Using slogans to stay hidden from others
Our sophistry now on display
The rules of our engagement
Will change from day to day
A special hell for those who are aware
An equal condemnation for the ignorant who betray
The temptation of misused ego
The lack of any self resolve
Will impune others to accountability
As our own souls indeed will devolve
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DCG
Can our reasoning be corrupt?
Can we hold politicians accountable?
Only if we can interrupt?
An entitlement class
The collective Socialist dream
Producers in a society produce
While those who only take is a right that they deem
The inflated ego
Exempt themselves from the law
Self interest the temptation
They manifest their own moral downfall
The accolades of celebrity
The seduction of mass delusion
The “no fault of mine” bubble
Is the result of their conclusion
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DCG
It’s a bitter pill to swallow
My Johari window is open for me to see
A glimpse of my reality
What are the chances I will change how I’ll be?
It’s hard to perceive your self correctly
In the shadow of your own ego
The defenses we erect to protect us
Are hidden deep and will seldom ever show
Personal objectivity is a utopian concept
Yet it is still a celebrated goal
It takes great effort and great discipline
For us to master the soul
The commoner or the sage
All have fortuitous opportunities
Align with what you value
Align with no disunities
Authenticity carries heavy weight
How we act is subject to review
To improve upon your character
Is clearly something we should pursue
…
We need to have a conversation
One that reduces our political doubt
It seems our reliance on any media bias’
Only drives our willingness to shout out
We must strip away the narrative commentary
Discuss the ideas’ logical construction
And dismiss all of the fallacies
By simple logical deduction
If we use any sources for reference
We should cite each source
Noting which ones we reject
And which ones we endorse
I tire of all of the rhetoric
The sophistry that we spew
Who here is not guilty?
Who here will admit there are very few?
We seem to be polarized
As evidenced by the social media rant
I wonder who will rise above the hyperbole?
I wonder about those who can’t
Have we lost our minds?
Trying to prove our political expertise
In truth it lies in the study of human behavior
And in the study of logic but with no guarantees
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DCG
Ask the right questions
Focus on the good
Knowing that you have been wronged
Won’t matter if this is understood
The best way forward
You must first find your stride
Following the affirmative
Let this be your guide
When you allow the cynical voices
To occupy your mind
You squelch any happiness
That you are willing if able to find
Wallow in the mire
Bespattered with wounded pith
If you remain there too long
A potential to overcome becomes myth
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DCG
I seek confirmation
On my opinions I proclaim
I use social media
A proclamation of this self-indulgent fame
I find myself captured
In the divisive political realm
The arena of gladiatorial rhetoric
Will often take the helm
Speak to the hive mind
Cower to the mob rule
Will they forsake, will they join?
Will they ridicule?
We can’t change the discourse
We can’t change a rational mind
We can only beseech the guileless
For surely an allegiance we will find
I choose to post a meme
I find it easier to convey
The lowest form of humor
I relegate my sarcastic resume
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DCG
I heard it from the Dali Lama
It was also JC that said
For those that do you wrong
Return with goodness and love instead
We do not have to agree with others
We may have a different point of view
But we should not personalize emotional attacks
It is this animus we must see through
If you shine light on any darkness
You may be surprised at what you see
We must rise above our own egos
Respond with kindness to truly be free
Change a mind with kindness
You will work good deeds in belief
Change a heart with kindness
You will forever cast away any opportunity of grief
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DCG
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