The voice affirmed my desired choice
without coercion or hint of force,
so I tell myself to calm the shame
that quietly hints my mind has changed.
I’m choosing to fully understand
the real facts that most may ****
they’re not self-aware like the overman,
confident, above all, of the perfect plan.
I’m choosing to hold my ground,
stay in this bunker with a matched crowd,
each one assuring it’s for the best,
in fear conflated with maturity’s test.
I’m choosing to accept righteous facts,
or the circumstances that may come to pass,
as the world turns from its mendacity
and to the fullest truth man may conceive.
Wait.
Please tell me
why there’s a qualm,
and this narrative
unduly creates alarm.
Relax.
The voice assures: this denies your decisions,
instead, agree with the wisdom of life’s division.
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260515.
May 16
May 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC
The voice affirmed my desired choice
without coercion or hint of force,
so I tell myself to calm the shame
that quietly hints my mind has changed.
I’m choosing to fully understand
the real facts that most may ****
they’re not self-aware like the overman,
confident, above all, of the perfect plan.
I’m choosing to hold my ground,
stay in this bunker with a matched crowd,
each one assuring it’s for the best,
in fear conflated with maturity’s test.
I’m choosing to accept righteous facts,
or the circumstances that may come to pass,
as the world turns from its mendacity
and to the fullest truth man may conceive.
Wait.
Please tell me
why there’s a qualm,
and this narrative
unduly creates alarm.
Relax.
The voice assures: this denies your decisions,
instead, agree with the wisdom of life’s division.
© 2026. Lynn Green. All Rights Reserved. 20260515.
The poem "Agreement" portrays a speaker insisting that their choices are freely made, while shame, doubt, group reinforcement, and the voice’s appeal to ideological wisdom reveal the coercive structure beneath that supposed freedom.
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