Opinion is not fact


Many folks think they know something.
Some presume to know a lot.
They are quick to offer their opinion.
They are quick to tell you what.

One notable bit of wisdom, however,
Their prattle always lacks,
One tidbit of data they choose to ignore;
Opinion is not fact.

That does not stop their tongues
From flapping in the wind.
A surfeit of misinformation 
From a bottomless pit of spin,
Spews out conviction after conviction,
Allowing no truth to rein it in.

Eventually, when the voice of God 
Attempts to reveal what they don’t understand, 
They reject the revelations from above,
And accept the foolishness of Man.

Their pious words ring out,
Like bells without a clapper.                                                        
Their politics are hollow sounds,
Rapacious echoes of endless clatter.

Idle talk in bars and parlors,
Resonates in callow ears.
Propaganda is a bias prelude,
That crescendos into fears.

It is written “the pen is mightier than the sword”.
We are certain that words do matter.
So, if you know not what you do not know,
Please, spare us the vanity of your chatter.

mtkf

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Rainy Day Dreams

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Night Watcher

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Corridor through the clouds

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Pas De Deux

You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
You are running frantically
Through everyone else’s dream.

You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
The noise is so loud
No one can hear you scream.

You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
It’s so dark in there you can only
See things you’ve never seen.

You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
You are only fooling yourself.
Your illusions are alone, your own,
It is only me that fools me.

Open every door.
There is so much more.
You are not locked in there.
Free yourself from prayer.
Let go and let it be.
The universe is dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing,
dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing.
Let it dance you free.

We are only fooling ourself.
We are only fooling ourself.
We are only fooling ourself.
I am you and you are me.
Let’s go dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing,
dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing.

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Comments made from one side of the glass.
Replies to reflections echo back.
If you know not what Alice saw on the other side,
Best not proclaim white without black.
Truth resides somewhere in the shades.
Communion is linked within the grays.
One dimensional opinions get lost in a flat morass.
Curb your tongue, or take the tit for the tat.

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Bricks

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Empty Measure

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Reflections

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Silent Night

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