Silent Suffering

I’m so tired

open the paper

open the phone

headlines screaming

people are dying

droves

around the world

in my own backyard

change is needed

here

there

everywhere

I know how trite

the words I write

yet

I am so tired…..

child abuse

human trafficking

abuse of authority

psychopaths rule

knowing how to play the game

watching

mouthing words

wanted to be heard

death brought

upon these shores

by our own

who seek to blame

anyone

for ills brought upon themselves

I am so tired…..

watching

people devoid of empathy

devoid of care

wanting

scheming

only for selves

never reaching

never seeing

birth to death

a testament of selfishness

written broad

for all to read

for all to dispute

while away from sight

the degradation continues…..

I am tired

tears

falling

eyes

blurring…..

so very tired

weary

without rest.

 

©Aug. 31/21

Picture is my own