To truly change the world
One must have bedrock faith
That you are right
(whether as individual or collective)
And everyone else is wrong
That you have insight
And others live an illusion
That you have the cure
For a sick and dying world
This certainty
Is an irresistible temptation
(If wrong)
Or an unbearable burden
(If right)
Or in reality
Some inseparable admixture
Of both
So that is why so many of us
(Myself included)
Are content to merely critique the world
Instead of changing it
So we can register our dissatisfaction
And cast our blame
Without paying the Price
Of change.
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