J. Ojanpera

As if you were looking out Looking out for anything Almost as if you missed us You missed everything Hope, life, faith All we knew was what they said If you really loved If we really knew This world, my world Would surely be better "Trust you", they said Nothing I see can be trusted Carried away one day Ignoring every sign No prophet will tell me If anyone is coming Show them the way Directions are not his forte' He'll never show He never even came If he did, it wasn't for a bank Glad you have the job I never was much for lies If you wait long, you'll be the first to know

It's Friday, so I decided to keep it light* and stray from the norm, which is terribly erratic, and talk about belief. I am tired of belief. It is the most subjective and relative force driving people to think stupid shit. If you believe someone is going to perform magic and fix all of the problems you believe in, please stop. No one really cares what you believe. While you are telling them what you believe, they are busy thinking about what they believe. Most of us lack the ability to listen and observe, so I will sit in disbelief until something changes. Humans fit in to many categories where belief is concerned. We have the scourge of pastoral puppet masters dictating millions of peoples' beliefs from behind pulpits. The best part is that you have to buy your beliefs from that person. Next we have the fox news drones. This is a great propagator of fear and slant; yet they garner the best ratings. I can't think of a network that has more blind followers than they do. Peo...