2023 - 22/30 - Worried About Us

[skonen_blades]

The struggle is eternal.
If it’s not mental, it’s emotional.
If it’s not emotional, it’s spiritual.
If it’s not spiritual, it’s physical.
If it’s not physical, it’s financial.
If it’s not financial, it’s moral.
Round and round.
Over and over.
It feels like the rules are simple.
But it’s the obeying that’s complex.
I feel like we’re getting far too used
To far too much far too quickly
And I think sometimes
That there's a darkness
Inside all of us
That's too easily awakened
Too easily manipulated
A selfishness
That makes us the main character
Wilts our compassion
Enables us to blunt awareness
And fluff up our denial
Makes our eyes willfully blind
To book burnings
Sometimes it's the horror of life
The cruel indifference of the world
That coffins our empathy
But usually it's a whisper
From some dark lord
Some walking advertisement
Some human drug
Cocooning us in self assurance
And shallow certainty
You need to keep your eyes open
But it’s getting late
And people go to sleep in the dark
Maybe I’m just old
Maybe I’m yelling at clouds
Maybe it only feels fast because I’m slowing down
But I’m worried about us



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