Despair
Society is crumbling I know you see it too The war machine is rumbling Our leaders gone coo-coo.
Lives better over centuries But optimisms popped Supreme Court taking liberties Freedom’s progress stopped.
The food we’re fed is killing us To grow the drug machine Corruption’s grip is chilling us These profits are obscene.
The same machine is teaching us But truth has split in two Politics dividing us Like black and white — Red / Blue
So, what’s the point of all of this Life’s Lack of Quality The stories we’ve been told Just push anxiety.
The Church of Reason blinds us To what is plain to see The beauty that surrounds us From sea to shining sea.
Inspired by the key themes of a conversation that author and modern-day philosopher Charles Eisenstein had with his eighteen-year-old son.
From Zen and the Art of [nothing] by John Zdanowski & Jeff Abrams, Chapter 12.
See: The Boot Sequence · All Poems