Willful Ignorance

By: Malachi Davidson

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I see that we are lost

We not in search, and

We know we pay the cost.

We live in a world, with

A price on our lives.

We live in a world, in

Pursuit of a vice

And like mice, you

Can catch us chasing the cheese

Many fall for the traps, caught

‘Em slipping with ease.

Can you blame the mouse?

For falling for the trap?

Desiring things they were told to believe

Acquiring things that were never of need

One could say he never learned

How to look ‘tween the seams

Naive or ignorant?

Either way, it's serene!

The way he sacrifices life,

Lays himself on the track;

Choosing to never know

Instead of helping back.