I don’t want to be categorized as ignorant.
But how do people endure all the media?
How do you pay attention without feeling so hurt, helpless, and guilty?
How do you pay attention when it’s everywhere?
Guilty because it wasn’t you.
Guilty because it wasn’t them.
Guilty because you’re standing in the break room watching it
on the news while they stand at the scene.
While they plan a funeral.
While they try to fight.
It could easily be you
and them in the break room instead.
I’m not ignorant
But I’m scared
How do you live wishing you were there?
You wanna ask why, but it ain’t no good
You wanna contribute, but who is it for
Them or you?
I stand with my coffee cup by the tv
I should drop this cup, or maybe
Throw it at the wall
But it ain’t no good
I go back to my desk to feel grateful that
It wasn’t me or them
But oh, how easily it could be
And the day could be inevitable
Or tomorrow.
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Desiray J
I love words, and how powerful they are even when we don’t know what to say. They speak for us.
Happy to be here.
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