I made you look

I do not want to turn on the radio because I do not want to hear about more Palestinians starving in Gaza I do not want to satisfy the growling in my stomach because I do not want to feel full when so many perish, even as food deteriorates at locked boarders I do not want to watch television because I do not want to see the calamity of weaponized famine Yet my ears can not unhear my hunger can not go unsatisfied my eye can not unsee the brutal horror of vengeance unchecked I dare not tune out the collective moans of a starving nation I dare not think of my momentary lack when so many have suffered to the bone I dare not watch when targeted aggression goes awry and innocents die and the Red Crescent is no longer a symbol of piece, but a target for chaos and destruction No I will not watch the world watch, in silence