POLITICAL Poem: Damaging Doctrine, by Lori Botelho

A damaging doctrine,
disguised as the truth.

They are only lies told
to keep you in line,

to keep you under their control.
They are only lies told in order

to hold you down,
to keep your soul from

being delivered into freedom—
to have you clutched in their

greedy hands, a treacherous power.
They do it to keep you in your chains.

This is a power that smothers,
a power that stops your heart,

rots your mind,
starts your wars.

Don’t ever believe them,
not ever, not one word of it.

The world’s doctrines
are not your truth.