Barbara Peckham Poet Free verse

Are We So Blind

Do you ever stop to think
That the stars are out 
Even in the daytime?
Oh, they’re there all right, but
We’re blind to their existence. 
How true of life itself!
If we don’t see something
In front of us, it’s as if
It isn’t really there.
Poverty? We don’t see it
In our neighborhood. 
Devastating weather events?
We see them on television,
But they’re not here.
They’re some other place.
Bullying? Mocking? 
Victims of prejudice? 
Awful, but it happens in 
That other neighborhood.
People without enough to eat?
Sick people without heat?
Dying people who 
Can’t afford their medicine?
Native peoples fighting to save
Their land and clean water?
They’re out there somewhere.
But are we really blind or
Or do we just not want to see?
Just as daytime stars are there,
Reality is reality, whether
We see it or not, and we can’t
Go on pretending it isn’t there.

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Barbara Peckham August 18, 2021 at 7:07 AM You are so kind to to read my work and take the time to make considered comments. Thank you so much.

Mohamed Omar August 18, 2021 at 12:38 AM well sent and received

Lunita Blanca August 17, 2021 at 8:42 PM Well said Barbara. Many people can sell their souls and live off the proceeds with a perfectly clear conscience. What a world it would be if we tried as hard to be good as we try to be noticed. Barbara Peckham August 17, 2021 at 8:47 PM How kind of you to read my piece and make a comment. You are certainly right, and I also think many of us unconsciously do this on some level. We need to change, especially in the area of politics!