Lamentation

I didn’t do it, it wasn’t me

I didn’t point the gun

I didn’t start the fighting

Those people screaming

The sirens blaring

I’m still swearing it wasn’t me

The bombs they dropped

And they didn’t stop

All I could do was watch

All I could do was pray

And hope everyone was safe

In the midst of rubble

I hope they burn sage

To release the ghosts

That were too little too late

We think that time

Should make a difference

But the only thing it does

Is make an inference

Time will always pass

If you don’t learn

From the past

It still keeps looking for ass

To kick… bite…grapple with

It seems hard

To forgive and forget

The bickering and sass

The rivalries

The revolts

That are not my fault

Why are we left fighting

Our ancestors wars?

Why do bullies keep knocking

At our doors

Why do they beat it down

When we tell them to leave

Why is there a never ending

Trick up their sleeve?

How oh how

Do we fight back in harmony?

Isn’t it enough

Just to say I’m sorry?

I didn’t do it

It wasn’t me

I didn’t point the gun

I didn’t start the fighting

But here I am… standing

Bridging the gap

Between humanity

Right or left?

What is best?

I’d rather be inbetween

I choose neither

But I choose all

When we are divided

That’s when we fall

I’ll lift my voice

Because my spirit groans

Without a choice

Even though

My hands are clean

The blood is there

Just unseen.