James Moore Poet Free verse

None of Your Business

It’s none of your business
What someone else thinks.
Your business is your business
And theirs is theirs.
Lots of things are like this,
Like what I eat or read, do or love,
But people have lost their way
And so look to others
To be them, instead of them,
Just being themselves.

(3/26/26)

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Gershon Wolf March 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM Amen, James. People are empty shells and blank stares these days, aren't they? James Moore March 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM Cities (and by extension social media which are basically urban culture portals regardless of who or where it's being used) foster a dependent (vs independent) herd mentality. Everywhere we look we're being told what to do and think. No wonder half of all modern young adults are mentally ill....