Sunday, June 28, 2020

Empty Me

I am full.

I have filled, drop by drop, with your tiny agressions
    your dismissiveness
    your "alternate facts"
    your "let's change the subject, this is too difficult for me"

This is difficult for you?
    This is difficult for the man being crushed by the public servant
    This is difficult for the child drinking and bathing in the pollution of industry
    This is difficult for the youth languishing in prison, 
    with no past to be proud of and no future to dream about

These injuries I carry, day after day, week after week, year after year
    But instead of helping me carry the load, you heap more on me

And I'm full. I can't take one more drop of your callousness 
    not one more drop of your selfishness
    not one more drop of your apathy

without bursting