The Symptom

It will put your heart at ease
To know the symptom is not the disease.
For the umpteen time, the experts are wrong,
But their mistake will make us all strong.

Hundreds and billions have been spent on their theories,
We’ve walked and run and donated;
And when we tried to prove that they’re wrong,
We were publicly and legally berated.

The organizations of what they say
Are in the headlines almost everyday,
from the CDC to the WHO,
And it’s all promoted by TV shows.
Humanity is stuck and just can’t roll.

So, here we are, with higher learning all around,
And everywhere we look, there’re experts;
Yet parents still punish their little ones;
We still send someone to war or prison;
And all of society is still treating symptoms.

The body is desperately trying to live,
By colds and fevers, tumors and pain.
It’s speaking to us and we don’t understand,
Because the ad campaigns are in command.

So, listen again to what the ads say,
And stop eating in a mindless way.
The food that’s supposed to nourish us is killing us instead;
And there, we’ve wasted another day.

The little ones suffer the most.
They’re abused by the ones that they trust,
And robbed of their natural minds,
And all they have left are
Tears and depression, drugs and suicide;
And the sad part is,
We are all “one of a kind”.

~ Ray, Nov 2007, Tucson, Arizona