Ignorance is Bliss

Ignorance: the expression of not knowing something

Grace Leverich
2 min readSep 5, 2022
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Ignorance is bliss for many reasons,

Learning information can lead to treason.

America, ‘The Land of the Free?’

Predestining food additives seem to disagree.

Even bigger, you took away a woman’s right,

It’s like a sick game to make us all fight.

I hate the idea of parties in general,

They were created to make one into several.

Why can’t we simply get along?

Because united as one we would be too strong.

You shouldn’t be ignorant when it comes to voting

Otherwise you have no say in that party gloating.

It’s a broken system in my opinion,

Democracy’s facade causes a reality of dominion.

Ignorance is bliss in America’s society,

The lack of actual freedom causes too much anxiety.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my poem! I don’t typically write poems, but I found sometimes they are the most therapeutic to write.

After learning about America’s food additive epidemic and the general current…

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Grace Leverich

I write about self improvement, social injustices, physical/mental health and anything that inspires me.