Hard to Believe

 

It's incredible to me how

You are comfortable and

Satisfied with these ideas

That make absolutely no

Sense in the realm of facts.

 

You believe our lives are

Overshadowed by these

Conspiratorial machinations

Designed to fool and control us,

You trust nothing and no one.

 

And how you base your beliefs

On things with no evidence, and

How sure you are that they're real,

Is absolutely mind-blowing and

So very difficult to understand.

 

I do listen to what you present,

But it doesn't take a high intelligence

To realize what you say doesn't hold

Any water, it's so ridiculous, you can't

Help feel like your leg's being pulled.

 

It's sincerely frightening that anyone

Can believe such made up nonsense.

The associations and conclusions you

Make are so incongruent with healthy

Reasoning, but you can't see it at all.

 

You're so obviously stressed and on edge, 

And anyone who disagrees with you

Is in on these conspiracies to fool you,

So you outright dismiss them and convince

Yourself those who disagree are the proof.

 

What kind of logic is that?

It baffles me that it satisfies you.

 





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Written on 2025-04-08 at 22:16

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Self confidence is a wonderful thing, and yet sometimes if can... Well, it can just totally get out of control. Lawrence (below) comments that it is a pandemic, and I can see where he is coming from when you extrapolate the core of your poem into the real world as we see and experience it today. And as your poem title says, it is hard to believe.
Blessings, Allen
2025-04-09


Liam The PoetBay support member heart!
I found this an interesting read and the subject matter that poses the unanswerable question. Why?
2025-04-09


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
It's a pandemic.
2025-04-08


Albert Vynckier The PoetBay support member heart!
bsr Isabelle, je l'ai déjà dit, tu entoures le sujet sans jamais le nommer, c'est comme si tu avais fait ta part en écrivant ce poème et tu voulais que les lecteurs fassent leur part à eux pour faire de ce poème, une oeuvre complète
2025-04-08