Truth To Power

How can one speak

Truth to power….when

They can’t even speak

Truth to themselves


Knowing fool well

Rather full well the

Full power is inside

Always there to

Guide all ways





Failing to recognize

One’s divine spark

As the truth source

Desperately searching

Outside themselves

What is known to be

A tiny but brilliant

Quiet internal flame

Burning eternally

Inside their spirit

As one’s true power




Like looking for

The lost keys

Under the streetlight

One does so because

It is “easier” to look there


“A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost.

He says he lost his keys and they both look under the streetlight together. After a few minutes the policeman asks if he is sure he lost them here, and the drunk replies, no, and that he lost them in the park.

The policeman asks why he is searching here, and the drunk replies, “this is where the light is”.”


– David Freedman



Meanwhile, the multitude

Stays staggering around

Searching for approval

Or UNNECESSARY rescue

While fearing reproach

An unconscious catch-22

If 45 didn’t need his base

To continue his grift

Would in all likelihood

Make the revelation that

He considers them to be

Trash and reprobates

If such a word landed in

His limited vocabulary





Ignoring the obvious

That the keys are in the dark

And no one will ever be able

To help you find them…….

They are your keys

To drive your vehicle



The keys one had when

They “started” this “trip”

Until parents* and pressure

Politicians and pundits

Pastors and priests

Rules and restrictions

Society and surroundings

Intentionally or unintentionally

Became guises of power

A subtle, slow indoctrination

That your spark isn’t enough

By itself when it al/lways is



Mostly, one could suspect

By looking back to realize

How it occurred in various ways

I’m leaving Santa Claus out of it… for now.


“Here’s how it happened: About five thousand years ago, a bunch of reli­gious and political hustlers got together to figure out how they could control people and keep them in line.

They knew people were basically stupid and would believe anything they were told, so these guys announced that God— God personally—had given one of them a list of Ten Commandments that he wanted everyone to follow.

They claimed the whole thing took place on a mountaintop, when no one else was around.”

– George Carlin


As to how the politicians come into play….

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against…

We’re after power and we mean it… There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.

Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone?

But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt.

Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

So few recognizing that murder is a sin (Thou shalt not kill) and “illegal” except……….when religion and the state decide it is okay.

“Hey if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death.

Has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, all taking turns killing each other because God told them it was a good idea.

The sword of God, the blood of the lamb, vengeance is mine, millions of dead motherfuckers, all because they gave the wrong answer to the God question.

‘You believe in God?’

‘No.’

*BANG* Dead.

‘You believe in God?’

‘Yes.’

‘You believe in my God?’

‘No.’

*Bang* Dead.

‘My God has a bigger dick than your God!’

That’s how it is, isn’t it?”

Wasn’t it the “state” that killed that Jesus fella ?

Whose only crime was promoting peace? WTF



* HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER.

This commandment is about obedience and respect for authority; in other words it’s simply a device for controlling people. The truth is, obedience and respect should not be granted automatically. They should be earned. They should be based on the parents’ (or the authority figure’s) performance. Some parents deserve respect. Most of them don’t. Period.


– George Carlin’s partial take on the “Ten Commandments”


This is longer than usual, thanks for making it to the end.