On the streets, a tension
Atrocities an every day occurence
Fights at family gatherings
Battle lines drawn
Opinions divided
Polarized and radicalized

Every action garners a reaction
And a reaction to the reactionaries
Perpetual pandemonium
While pundits preach lies about the other side
Blue vs Red
Rich vs Poor
Black vs White
Left vs Right
Right shuffled aside for the need to be right

But both sides are really wrong
Embroiled in conflict over trivialities
While elite contemplate humanity’s finality

Isn’t it possible to align but not agree?
To accept variety of opinion as a means of better seeing?
Better scheming ways to subvert the powers-that-be?

We dither over nonsense,
Obsess on the inconsequential,
Attack the unknown with preformulated views and arguments
As if we could ever decipher the immense spectrum of opinions
As if we really know anything at all

Anyone claiming absolute truth
Drives me up a fuckin wall