underlying all reality

answers are so simple yet we'll shrink
from saying anything that might annoy
the ones who powerful forces may deploy
and drive us all right over the brink
it's one thing when we hear glasses clink
as our grand masters agree to destroy
all of our hopes or use them as a toy
to keep us all distracted while they drink
no truths are hidden by the coming night
that aren't invisible at blazing noon
the world has never been a simple place
we cannot choose at first or second sight
the sun is more deceiving than the moon
and the swift runner may not win the race