They don't rectify the problem-
They just make it
Comfortable.
Their kindness feels mellow
But somehow the havoc grows optimistic.
They mean well-
Which is why trouble keeps
Duplicating itself.
They don't start the mess-
They just keep giving it room
To be viable.
Every disaster has a confidant-
The one who keeps defending it.
There are apes and great apes
And then there are bad apes
The bad apes are the kind who do heinous crimes
Without any remorse or conscience
They lash out at the great apes
Because they know deep down
They are bad and just don’t fit
When we catch them we lock them away
And sometimes simply let them go free
When what we really need to do
Is just put them and their supporters down
For the betterment of all the other apes
(6/11/26)
Bullies are feeble beings that grow increasingly stronger
with validation and encouragement. Scared to act alone,
they fish for meek underlings to help fuel their fire,
especially those itching to belong to the "cool kids" clique.
They become thankless enablers who don't realize
they're being used as pawns against their own kind.
Submitted for...
Bite Size Poem No.8 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
Date written: 06/18/2021
Simply silent witnesses
too cowardly to confront
clear wrondoings, supporting...
negativity.
They give bullies oxygen,
cheering from the sidelines.
Why fuel their self-destruction
with pat on the back?
They force-feed addicts poison
offering encouragement
when the medicine should be
life-changing tough love
Date written: 03/26/2021
Two Enablers
Who can’t Say No
Written: by Tom Wright
7-20-1916
We find it most difficult for us to say no,
Because we care for those in some throe,
The same people borrow but seldom repay.
They continue seeing us as their mainstay.
Some use us, for a filling station, or bank,
We feel like two pirates walking the plank.
Does it mean by enabling we’re now tools?
Or that others now see us merely as fools.
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