Deliberate Involvement Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Fullness of an evening moon, shining upon earth, showing
and lighting paths we need to stay on to get home safely.

Sharing it's wisdom through tides of the ocean, falling
and crashing upon the many shores of life.

Leaving an understanding of sorts in the ebbing of each
wave, folding all knowledge like shells within it's grasp.

Taking it all to the ocean's bottom like secrets told in
whispers from one person to another.

Taking voices seriously, listening cautiously, yet believing
what is being said as a testimony to a person's beliefs.

So absurdly right or sometimes so wrong, yet gossip is
infiltrated throughout different groups of people, including
men who gossip too.

Underhanded talk, ruining people's lives, yet many do it
anyway, hardly ever revealing the truth.

Just illusions pasted over reality of things, so prejudiced
and essentially passively violent in the wording of each
statement.

No one is safe from this type of deliberate involvement in
spreading rumors.