Friendly Foe

Our enemy is so infiltrated 

we actually think it’s our best friend.

We love it’s way and everyday 

mindlessly obey it’s every command.

It points over there 

and over there we stare

as it defeats us right here 

with our hate and fear.

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Clichés, platitudes and hearsay
fill my brain everyday
making me think I can actually know
the depths of anything.