THE BLIND

I'm taking a different approach with this post, and perhaps some others in the future.  I've decided this time to express some of my thoughts in poetry, or in this case what might be termed "free verse".  That is, I like to write sometimes in a way that doesn't necessarily have the rhyme or tempo of traditional poetry, although there are hints of them here and there.

I've found this to be an extremely effective way to basically throw some of my thoughts into words when I'm having a time of intense or abundant thought - when I can just close my eyes and type them out at break-neck speed (in my case around 70 words per minute) and not worry about making complete sentences.

For future reference, any post that I write in poetry will have the title IN BOLD LETTERING like this post.  Here goes, and may God speak to your heart about what you read ...

The Blind Leading The Blind

Oprah Winfrey doesn’t have the answers
Eckhart Tolle doesn’t have the answers
Stephen Hawking doesn’t have the answers
Rhonda Byrne doesn’t have the answers

If they did, then why do they still seek?
Why do they never find?
Why do they lack peace?

Books and magazines
“Today’s special guest”
Self-delusion makes a name
Mass-delusion makes a profit

And the masses follow
Blind and led by blind masters
Too busy to seek Truth
Seeking riches, seeking youth
So they accept the lies of others
Without question, without thought

Together they stumble
They wander ever closer
To a pit, The Pit

Truly, they have their reward
Their reward is near
Nothing eternal
They live for right here
Choosing the wide path
That leads to destruction

God is too inconvenient
Bad for their name
Bad for profit

So they keep up the game
Of delusion, denial
“Put Him out of your mind
He’s dead, He’s blind
As if I’ll stand before Him one day
The Bible’s a lie”
Or so they say

They may be here now
But what about tomorrow?
What about death?
What about you – Who do you choose??