divided

divided

yes
the puzzle
pieces
are scattered
around
in an
anarchistic 
formation
where 
imagination
overpowers
reason
and simple
discussion
becomes
rage

Our faces
are covered
to inhibit
true emotion
from being 
expressed
relying on
 bureaucratic protocols
to keep us
in line

you infect
me
I infect you
vaccination 
mandates
establishes
control
while
variants
makes them
useless

misinformation
is only
misinformation
if it
contradicts
the CDC

There is no
logic 
anymore
only a politically
right way 
in doing things

The death 
of an out spoken
anti-vaxxer
is celebrated
as he is ridiculed 
in the media
as a person
who died 
a fool
while
billions
lost to looting
becomes
second hand 
news 
to the New York Times

Where is
inclusion
and the promotion
of diversity
in this type
of thinking?

The individual
has now
become a 
label
to extremism
You are not
allowed to have
your own views

What happened
to the time
in which we
were encouraged
to think for 
ourselves?

Where imagination
would take
us on a
journey
with Holden Caulfield
and our troubles
would take a
backseat 
to a well 
written 
classic

A tree
a hammock
a book
and a glass 
of lemonade
seems
like a better course
than
activism

at least 
then our
dreams
remain
innocent
without the
corruption
of self justified
interference.