Confabulation, miscalculation
In deceit we deceive
In the confidence man’s scheme
If gullible we believe
Distraction, retraction, hyperbole, guile
Dishonesty, distortion, evasion in exile
Falsehood, fiction, falsify, fib
Fraudulence, forgery, fabrication, fake
Just how many lies in this life will we make?
The many ways we lie
Countless exchanges
How many of us?
Should make some changes?
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DCG
Dealing with adversity
We have to play our hand
When do we fold?
When will we make a stand?
The development of our character
Is not readily given
It is forged through our trials
And for those who do not readily give in
Most parents want what is best for their children
Just how will they prepare?
What behaviors will they model?
Which stories will they share?
For events we cannot control
It may be time for a prayer
I’ve never loved anything more deeply
Than my children who are all now grown
I can only pray they remain safe
As I reach out now over the telephone
We are agents of our destiny
Do we manifest what is returned?
And if this is true
Than what have we earned?
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DCG
How do you measure?
The worth of a man?
The virtues?
The vices?
Declare them if you can
Only the character
How they behave
What they did?
What they forgave?
Start with a conversation
That you have with your reflection
Look at the path you are on
Does if require course correction?
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DCG
If you don’t have respect
What have you got?
If you don’t have character
Why do you hold what is naught?
Did you ever learn to sacrifice?
Is it something that you ought?
Have you thought only of yourself?
Is that something you were taught?
There are countless opportunities
We dismiss yet still we fraught
Even the most obtuse
In moral decay they are caught
Ignorance is your master
This temptress a juggernaut
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DCG
Alone
Aghast
Caught in the chaos
It happened so fast
There are forces of evil
There are forces of good
A road paved with good intentions
How shall we determine what we should?
The world is watching
The politicians doublespeak
The religious pray for answers
The zealots prey on the meek
Men are corrupted and are falible
So little do we learn
The history of our fathers
Lay in embers of what we earn
The many ways forward
That we tread goes unforeseen
Not in the realms of Heaven or Hell
But rather what lies in between
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DCG
If you tell me your opinion
The first thing I will do
Is consider your past behavior
To interpret this spoken view
There are countless ideas
Put into practice there are only a few
Do you live up to what you purport?
The logic of the evidence is only up to you
Before you rain comment
Deliberating what you think is due
Start first by looking within
Are you consistent in what you think as true?
The mind can distort our experience
On what we may purview
If you argue in moral dialogue
Are you impervious to critical review?
A superior intelect
Will always question what they construe
To live by what they say
Remains to be tested on what will ensue
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DCG
There is a pandemic
One of ignorance and one of cowardice
How many times will it take?
Before the mob pushes you to the precipice?
The fight for freedom in your name’s sake?
You cannot lead successfully
That of which you hate
They resort by controlling the narrative
For those they would subjugate
If you indulge in threats of violence
You incite hatred and you incite fear
Only consumed by the impoverished minds
A failed academic and failed moral education that is clear
So if you stand by and watch
Say nothing to reject the fiction
A different reality is created
Around a falsely presented affliction
What is left after the submission?
A misplaced trust has taken place
Because you have watched and done nothing
You’ll likely receive a boot in the face
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DCG
Growing pains are a certainty
On which we cannot deny
Only time tested strategies
Are likely to apply
You can’t blame your family
For the lessons they don’t teach
It is up to you
As you do when you learn to reach
So when that voice from within
Compels me to reflect
On things that cause me discomfort
For things I’ve done I’d ought to reject
It is for this reason
Why we should forgive
We are not infallible beings
As this is how I see fit to live
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DCG
The foundation of trust
Lies in our honesty
Not only on the personal level
But in all of society
Truth permeates culture
Despite all of our reasons to lie
If you never ask the questions
You will never know why
The laws of man
Were meant to be applied
Equally for everyone
But only a free moral people can decide
The problem with the laws of man
The endless division to reconcile
The minds of men are compromised
The same minds that are used in the trial
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DCG
There are times when you feel pummeled and plundered
You see a thousand people cheat
You have to know when to fight back
And know when to take a seat
Much easier to see fault in others
Than to see fault within
So if you want a new start
This is where you must begin
The story of misfortune
An epidemic of moral decay
Inexhaustible accounts of the unforsaken
Albeit how do we portray?
It is certain you will be disappointed
Keep the spirit alive at all cost
Because when you are in deep despair
If you do not surrender hope- not all will be lost
When emotional resources are scarce
And there is no one to turn to when you are down
There is only one source that may help
Wherein the domain of faith can be found
Hundreds of millions of hearts and minds
For countless generations
Have given their testimony
And this is what they attribute for the explanation
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DCG
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