Feelings and Reality

 

 

A feeling is real

But not necessarily a reality,

This is applicable to you

As well as to me.

 

What a person’s reality is,

Is not always real,

This happens to the very young

As well as the old and frail.

 

The old folk see things

That we know are not there

But they are so sure of them

That they are gripped by fear.

 

It makes no difference

What arguments we bring,

At the end of our submissions

They see the same thing.

 

It is their reality

At that particular time

And while we know it is not real

It’s the reality in their mind.

 

A dream and the real

Can sometimes confuse a child

And if forced to choose,

He might be unable to decide.

 

Quite a lot these days

Is being decided on feelings

And even the law courts

Consider this in their dealings.

 

I don’t mean the human face

That motivates our decision

To reach out with a helping hand

To demonstrate compassion.

 

I mean abnormal feelings

That are naturally unreal

That are quite similar in kind

To which mad people appeal.

 

When feelings become the premise

For determining a reality

This would be a sure indicator

Of universal insanity.

 

But hold on a minute!

I am not quite through yet,

Please note, the trajectory we are on

Suggests we are well set.

 

We allow the insane

To demonstrate how mad we are

For in treating their madness

We make them a star.

 

Since then, madness is honored

While sanity is refuted,

And what was understood as reality

Is now being fiercely disputed.

 

Feelings and reality

Who can tell the difference?

Now that feelings have eliminated

What once was pretense.

 

 

Our dreams are becoming true

As we live out our feelings daily

But nightmares are the reality

As evidenced by our depravity.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2019