To Be Released From Ambiguity

Fibonacci Sonnet
The word counts of sentences
and the relative proportions
of the paragraphs are determined
by the sequence of Fibonacci numbers.
In the first paragraph, the sentences
Are of a set length: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55

In the second paragraph, the
first sentence is 34,21,13,8,5,3,2,1,1
--Josip Novakovich

Yes. No. Somewhat ambiguous. Figuring it out. Belief hovers between opposite poles. On one side stand the fundamental adamant believers. In the middle are those who believe but leave room for gray shades. At the opposite pole there are those who decree that there is nothing to believe in save what you do alone. The middle attracts followers because it regards both ends as flamboyant in their proclamations, adhering to a set of rigid ideas that may not fit with the present times, and claims the right path. Yet, who always resides in that gray area and never wanders into either pole when an idea takes root and implores us to consider its tenets, it's dogma as being absolute, craves our full attention and undivided loyalty, asks us to resist even considering the possibility of another opinion, and surrounds us with other enthusiasts?

The gray middle ground may not offer the same camaraderie or assurances of being on the one path, nor does it usually marshal forces and gather all together, embracing and releasing under one banner. Yet one sees a difference between the two poles, a dissimilarity that plays out in the politics of the real world. Fundamentalists, too often, become fanatics and demand others either change or be changed. Some extremist groups can't coexist with multifarious viewpoints. A few shun the outsider. What is belief? Truth? Bias?