Wednesday, August 12, 2020

INWARD

"I'm not interested 
in who suffered the most. 
I'm interested in people 
getting over it." 
  
      from "Jerusalem", Naomi Shihab Nye 

 these homespun ideas 
not new, just fashionable once again 
that justice is actually in human hands 

 "peace not war" 
pushed to the side 
for the engulfing rage 
we all feel 
for somebody now 

 better to turn that anger inward 
not to self-harm 
but to self-warn 

 the enemy is never out there 
it's in our heads 
the more real for being there 
grotesque vulture with timepiece in claw 
cackling, playing us for fools 
never at a loss, never misses a beat 

 when you hate 
it's too late, too deep 
no more time 
to keep

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