It's Only Human
When you can't protect your own.
If you fear walking on your streets,
the only streets they let you walk
and you're sick of empty talk -
your view changes of what's fair.
It's only human.
When no other way seems left to take
because you took all those ways before.
Enough is enough, that one can't ignore.
If some are more equal than others,
let them feel the same that you endure.
It's only human.
When children die, all hope is crushed
trapped in that world, no breath to breathe -
admonished if you take a knee.
When you sense your own soul dying,
you'll want to strike back somehow.
It's only human.
In another's shoes see what's real
for hundreds of years - trying, failing,
tried the proper ways to no avail -
frustrated for forever flailing.
That's when anger turns to wailing.
It's only human.
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