Finding Reasons To Live Through It
Flickers of flames
Licking embers
Slowly but surely
Do you see that?
Fire is catching
Fire is catching
Fire is catching
Every single
Pair of eyes
Glued on the screen
Following the recent reports
People kissing and raising their
Three middle fingers of their
Left hand
One by one
It’s the modern Salem witch trial
Lightly spoken words
Uttered with no precaution
With honesty and independence
Taken offensively
Interpreted in the opposite direction
Misjudged
Misunderstood
And finally
Leaving one lonely
They’re burning the witches
Anyone who doesn’t take
The side of “justice”
But it isn’t just
Two sides of the same penny
It isn’t just
Yin and Yang
There’s more than one
Angles and shades
Impossible to
Count and keep track of them
All
Not all of each are
Spoken out for
Where were you
When Gondor fell?
The other kingdoms were and
Are falling into flames
And
Continuing on
Kingdoms are still burning
Surely but slowly
When you were needed most
You were not there
And now
You seek Gondor’s support
There may come
A time of peace
However
Day by day
Witches were burnt at the stake
For years and years
This world
Life is full of suffering
It’s hard
The world is cursed
But still
We find reasons
To keep living
Copyright © Shimokini The Abendrot Poet | Year Posted 2020
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