What is truth and what is a lie?

The question puzzles me as I view current affairs.

It seems that people no longer care about the truth

But only that which fits their individual beliefs.

Why else can political organizations lie without challenge?

And even when the truth becomes obvious,

the lie is repeated again and again.

Why do people support programs that

in no manner serve their interest?

The answer, my friends, lies deep in the psyche of man

and at the root is our age old adversary “fear”.

We fear change. We fear loss of deep rooted tribal beliefs.

We fear the poor so we label them “slackers”.

We fear all those different from ourselves.

We fear those that are black. We fear those that are white

 and all skin colors in between.

We fear everyone not of our tribe.

How far have we come since the origin of man?

Nor far, if you look closely at the intellectual void that prevails 

It seems that in spite of our gadgets and innovations

we remain mired in ignorance and self focus.

Where will it end?

 I fear that it will end in the annihilation of human kind.

 The last two survivors fighting over a stale piece of bread and a stagnant pool of water,

Sharing never once entering their minds.

©Copyright 2009 Charlie Gragg