by Benjamin White.
The nation is built on false narratives
Orchestrated by the unquestioned facts
Operating on the poor reflections
Manipulated by historical
Understandings of the benevolence
Created by the projected image
Hollowing out the scene of honesty
Fabricating the nostalgic comfort
Of time and place that never existed –
Remembered in the longing for the past
Gathered in melancholy suffering
Even though it’s only a mental game
Thinking through the realities to find
The false memories of desire and hope
Infiltrating perspectives to forget,
Neglect, and simply deny what matters
Going forward into condemned darkness