The Lie
Winner of the 2016 (22nd Edition) Ewing Citation Award. (www.ptk.org)
A poem taken from the novel (The List: And Other Addendums of Poetic Prose)
Hear ye, hear ye!
Everything is fine, just fine...
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Ease your mind
Take your rest
Be at peace
All is well
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For the incongruent, insufferable, idiosyncrasies of the world
For the bantering, bombastic, blatantly bursting commercial machine
For the derogatory, detrimental, disadvantageous political wheel​
For the noxious, notorious, ne'er-do-wells of religious strife
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They turn, all turn
Grinding thought and expression
Unknown and underfoot
To powdery dust
Lost on the winds of time
Gone forever and never recurring
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The quick hit
The quick fix
Need to fix it
Run like hell
Work like hell
To earn the money
To buy things you don't need
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Not to worry, not to fret
Calm your spirit
Compose your soul
Accept, acknowledge, agree
Glossy dull eyes, that feed the machine
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So hear ye, hear ye!
Everything is fine...just fine...​
Author's Note
As we get older, we realize that the world isn't what we thought. With a commercial, political, and social compulsion to keep society moving and never ask why. To just go along with the crowd, fight with each other, and keep those in power, in power.
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What do we really need? What is the point of life? Why do we all feel like hamsters running in an endless circle that leads to nowhere? I wrote this poem because I struggled with those concepts. I believe we could be so much more if we just put down our anger and work together in a sincere desire to make the world a better place. But we can't get there if we continue to ignore the manipulation going on behind the scenes.