A Sign of the Times

17/09/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I have stopped listening to the media.

        It is far too much.



Week after week

And year after year

I see the good stripped away

And the awful celebrated

As if I’d stepped through a mirror

And no one had told me.



Double standards run rife

And exemptions applied

To protect those who make money

For those higher up the ladder

While those with no power

Are thrown to the wolves.



I can’t abide the commentary.

        It hurts my heart.



Minorities strive to be heard

Over the injustices they face,

Yet the harassment and abuse

Rains down upon them all

As we struggle to remember

That we are all human.



We fight for equalities

That should have already been given

But, still, we bear the burden

Of inequity and injustice

Because some see the balance

As an oppression of themselves.



I don’t read the comments.

        It’s not worth it.



The wilfully ignorant

Proudly spew their bile

While the more considered response

Is swamped by the mob

That shouts louder in its hatred

And won’t listen to reason.



Those who know are derided

By the uneducated and illogical,

And those who have bought into

The conspiracy of the deluded

Who believe their right to speak

Eclipses the knowledge of experts.



I won’t watch the news broadcasts.

        It’s a sign of the times.

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I couldn’t face the news today.

I couldn’t stand another moment.



Too many lies spewing from mouthpieces.

Too many warriors left ignored.



I didn’t want to see the pictures.

I didn’t want to read the heartache.



There is far too little joy to be had.

There is far too much misery shown.



My heart breaks at every story.

My heart bleeds for the injustice.



No more tears shall stain my cheeks.

No more clenched fists every night.



We cannot continue this way.

We cannot remain part of the problem.



Tonight, I will hug my child tight.

Tonight, I will read in my bed.



When my mind is at ease I may return.

When my heart is healed, I will be whole.