On Intellectual Expedience

We turn our faces away, time and again,

at media images of death, hate, and pain.

Overwhelmed, problem resolution beyond our reach,

our logical core screams an existential screech.

Wahhabism, ISIS, the KKK,

the faces of evil we encounter each day:

corrupt politicians, and their corporate masters,

serial killers, ecological disasters.

Too many people breeding so fast,

an unsustainable planet that just won’t last.

So many realities calling me, me, and me,

so many eyes that refuse to see.

Every tribe seeking to advance their view,

with ethics and religions that exclude me and you:

in a feedback loop of stupidity so profound,

that altruism, acceptance and love cannot abound.

We bury our heads, like the ostrich adage,

in the sand of confusion, and ignore the carnage.

Intellectual expendience, driven by fear

of a truth, a reality we don’t want to hear.

Well, here’s a thought that you might not have heard:

pretend the Enlightenment never occurred!

Let’s implement the vision that we all can see,

of a new inclusive world, unafraid and free!