Trust the system to state the way;
the future’s set by rote agency,
predetermined and unstoppable,
a seductive comfort through the audible.
It’s well to find comfort in core narratives,
the waking lullaby without any alternatives,
as power is exacted from the willing hosts,
focused on the goals found to be uppermost.
Willful deviance is established as impractical;
the stated inevitable is purely rational.
Don’t imagine that life can be otherwise;
the group’s submission is joy in disguise.
Don’t deviate or think to stray;
to do so will have hell to surely pay.
That is a place the faithful steer clear,
by their obedience to the guiding fear.
Resistance is punished to firmly ensure
pragmatic compliance is followed by the pure;
to do otherwise would surely be naive
when destruction waits for those deceived.
The voice makes decisions as a tool,
power exacted from the confused,
releasing burdens in fair exchange
for truth denied and freedom caged.
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260508.
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM UTC
Trust the system to state the way;
the future’s set by rote agency,
predetermined and unstoppable,
a seductive comfort through the audible.
It’s well to find comfort in core narratives,
the waking lullaby without any alternatives,
as power is exacted from the willing hosts,
focused on the goals found to be uppermost.
Willful deviance is established as impractical;
the stated inevitable is purely rational.
Don’t imagine that life can be otherwise;
the group’s submission is joy in disguise.
Don’t deviate or think to stray;
to do so will have hell to surely pay.
That is a place the faithful steer clear,
by their obedience to the guiding fear.
Resistance is punished to firmly ensure
pragmatic compliance is followed by the pure;
to do otherwise would surely be naive
when destruction waits for those deceived.
The voice makes decisions as a tool,
power exacted from the confused,
releasing burdens in fair exchange
for truth denied and freedom caged.
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260508.
The poem "Inevitable" explores the dark allure of total societal submission, portraying the surrender of free will as a deceptive form of peace maintained through fear and systemic inevitability.
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