I

truth is not a wall

it is not a permanent
structure

it does not permanently block you out
it does not permanently block me in

it is freedom

and like words
it is ambiguous

it learns
and changes
and evolves
over time

as we learn
and change
and evolve
over time

the world is
not a cake
but it is layered

it needs to be broken
down into more elemental
pieces to be understood

and then built back up
into a new form
to make sense

and it needs people
who are capable
of understanding
to make sense of it

II

the man has many words
but not a lot of thoughts

and not much meaning
he doesn’t mean much

he is not layered
he is very small
in depth

the layered world
is too big for him

he cannot make sense
of all these layers

he does not understand
what is happening

he cannot process
all this information

but he is too scared
to admit it

so he avoids it
or worse he fights it

he destroys everything
above him

and most things
are above him

he has to try to
shrink the world

so that it makes
sense to him

III

many people
understand this
about him

they use words
like *****
or child
to describe him

and whatever word
they use

what they
are really saying is
that he is small and simple
minded

that he is not capable
of understanding this layered world
which he is supposed to lead

and it is these people

who know firsthand
of his smallness
and say next to nothing
and do next to nothing

and even worse
support him

try to explain him
to others

to explain to others
what he means

to explain to others
how he makes sense

these are the people
who should feel shame

IV

we all are who we are
we all do what we do

just as he

it is up to others to check us
to balance us

that is why our founding fathers
gave us a system

three separate but equal parts

it is up to us to use them
the way they were intended

it is up to use
to understand that parties
or whatever we call them

are beneath our systems

it is our systems
that are supposed to live long
after we die

just as they lived long
after the founders died

V

that is our legacy as Americans

that is why America is great
that is when America is great