Quip from a Fatigued Humanitarian?

  

My thoughts are tired as I hear the news,

Of some ignorant bigot who has some views,

Everyone’s fault, but their own

As they judge, bicker and groan.

A new media has offered them a time slot

To regurgitate irrational thought

To project what they consider perfect conservative views

Sharing articles from Rebel News.

I sit here in complete shock

When I hear, that a new group of neo nazi’s have crawled out from under their rock

Bad Politicians, Social Media and wealthy colonialists have given this a voice

Yet many remain idle! Another overdose! it was their choice!

A Community should be free of racism and hate

But backward ideologies and friends with an opinion we tolerate

Our ancestors fought and died to liberate

Instead as their memory fades – we suffocate.

Attempting to find one more breathe in a world that is easy to forget

That we once had schools that tried to eliminate the threat

A threat of a vibrant culture and peaceful nations

Instead we create divisive relations.

We are told to remember what our great nation did overseas

But we forget the internment camps made specially for the Japanese

We are told to remember how lucky we are

To be born in a country guided by the North Star.

Then why do we still hang onto this hate

Rather tell ourselves that this was all manifest fate

Why do we still encourage policies that divide?

Why do we still elect politicians that still think LGBTQ is a chemical formula for Formaldehyde.

We are told to remember we are a country built on immigrants

But get provoked at the thought of refugee children being protected by their parents

We struggle to allow people to find their space

And stupidly get angry when we can’t see a Muslim woman’s face.

I am tired of listening to your racist rants

I am tired of your call to arms and xenophobic chants

I am not interested in your hateful learned views

I am only interested in positive, kind, optimistic people that have tried to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.

Roy Pogorzelski