our world makes
possible and cyclical.
I can't take it
every time I see
a
crime committed
I think, why are we surprised?
It's us who did it.
Systematically
we choose our future
only to patch it up
with sutures
and wonder why
the wounds still open up.
Never do we wonder
how we stop
the bleeding,
the hunger,
the abuse.
"There's no use."
Focus on prevention,
perhaps.
If the people who need help
got our attention,
we'd build
the place we need,
but selectively
we can't seem to agree
on what that looks like,
on what we look like,
too much money to be made
on disagreement.
And those who spend it
would rather us not see
all the things
they try to hide.
These are fights
intended to blind.
And we fall victim
to the crime.
Poverty's a choice,
our world makes
possible and cyclical.
I can't take it
every time I see
a crime committed
I think, why are we surprised?
It's us who did it.
