Wisdom In The Puppet Show
For something like wisdom
To be obtained
One must step out of the box
And almost go insane
Reality must be shattered
The mad hatter
And in the cave
We will come to face
The light
That is too bright
Even Plato might go blind
If he saw the games being played
Today in the mind
It’s a different cave
Or
Maybe only the puppets have changed
In this time
Of screens
No one knows anymore
What life means
Plato might say
That we've never known
But
In today's today
We can study
History
But there lays
Mystery
The lies of the winning
While covering up
All of their sinning
The propaganda machine
Makes it hard to believe anything
Start at times beginning
And work your way forward
From blind
To blurry
To a little clearer
As time gets nearer
To wherever you are
Plato might say
That we have so much to read
So much to learn
Through our screens
It’s potential
It’s mental
It’s essential
To learn philosophy
Both Eastern
And Western
Study religion and myth
See where they hit
And where they missed
Pay attention to what needs to be burned
And understand
There’s always something to be learned
Listen and play music
And use it
To flow
And to grow
Create art
Straight from the human heart
Do a martial art
Find a way
To flow
When life’s wave’s hit
Learn how to roll
It’s all a dream
It’s all a stroll
This walk in the park
We call life
It needs wings
To take flight
Fuel it the fire
The things that make you desire
More life
Learn how to love
And build relationships
We are all in this together
On the same sinking ship
Own a dog
And thank God
Even if you don’t think he/she exist
Be grateful
Never hateful
Of the sinking ship
Save each other
For we are all sisters and brothers
And love this planet
She is the mother
Look up to the sun
In appreciation of her shine
Go on a run
Get on your grind
Build up your body
Build up your mind
If you wish for wisdom
Understand
Something will always be missing
There is too much to understand
One man is just one man
But when a village understands
Well man o’ man
How things can go as planned
The things we can do
Me and you
If we grew
And came together
We could make this world
Just a little bit better
We can find a new cave
And have our own puppet show
And on and on it goes...
-C.H.