The Specks

7/16/12 ------------------------------------------------------ A single life dangles on a string tied to billions Can not one notice that speck within the crowd? Is it even worthy of acknowledgement? Every speck represents the whole being The body—without that speck it isn’t worth seeing I write for the sake of the ignored I write because I am abhorred Ever does the wind blow As the blackened specks began to grow The disease is spreading in the mass And suddenly all attention is on that dangling speck They watch as it falls out of their realm But the sickness is still there among them They watch the speck fall You blame one—you blame them all