
Ii I’m tired
Of waiting for people to be kind
Of those who strike at the backs of strangers
To relieve their self-indulged angst
I’m tired
Of critics who think their manner of expression ought to be yours
Of those who purport to understand your voice but who hear only the horn of their judgment
I’m tired
Of those who kill indiscriminately
And who lie pathologically
I’m tired of allies condemned in hate and ignorance
And the appeasement of enemies
The abandonment of friends
Wars we start and never end
I’m tired
Of vows too easily made and fidelity’s loss lamented
Of resentful spouses who pit child against parent
Of duty betrayed and the strife of our elders, forgotten and abused
Of burning rainforests and the tortured deaths of helpless wildlife, j’accuse
Of talking heads and political punditry
Of prejudgment
And justice delayed
Of punitive action born in sorrow
Of worry preventing a peaceful yesterday, today, and tomorrow
I’m horribly tired
Of martyrs murdering in the name of God
Of parents who don’t spare the rod
Of black and blue on anger’s victims
Of rockets and mortars, of cemeteries desecrated
Of schoolyard massacres and bloody hatred
I’m tired of humanity enslaving it’s own
Of fascist agendas and autocrat tone
Of imperialist regimes and civilization’s genocides
Of those whose heads are stuck in indifference’s side
I’m tired
Of those who boast of feast in the pleading faces of famine
Of those who never knew spirituality or religious freedom
Of the horrors that we swore to never repeat
Of the pain and suffering we continue to reap
I’m tired.
RAE; 10/22/19
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