Friday, November 18, 2022

Look the Other Way

Charging like a fierce Nor’easter

Bounding off costal Atlantic shores,

Tearing inland to wreak its worst,

Leaving a trail of sorrow behind.

Casting a net over masses of innocents,

Pleading no mercy, knowing no shame.

Locating targets with pinpoint precision.

Laughing on leaving, pompous and full.

 

Who will stand up for the tear-stained victim

After the tirade subsides into dust?

Who will be witness against the atrocities?

Who will find backbone to cry out, ‘enough’?

Where is justice? Who will be hero?

Why is action froth with delay?

Why can’t we shake off this propensity to

Simply look the other way?

 

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