Repeating History

Hate

Bigotry

Pain

War

Ignorance

 

Repeat

 

Repeat

 

No listening

No learning

No communicating effectively

 

We bicker

We raise our voices

To reiterate the fact that we are right

And you are wrong

 

There is no gray area

I hate you because you don’t believe what I believe

I will not listen to your experience

I will not try to understand why you believe what you do

 

Instead

 

I will complain

I will yell

I will cry

I will scream

That it’s not fair

That people are crazy

That our country is doomed

 

I will feel helpless

Hopeless

All fight gone

All drive gone

Limp

And lifeless

 

I will continue the cycle

 

Hate

Bigotry

Pain

War

Ignorance

 

I will live in my bubble

I will not listen to you

I will not love you

I will not do anything

But wait

 

Wait for the time when I do not have to feel angry

For a time when all of those around me believe like me

For a time when we can all agree

For a time when I do not have to raise my voice just to try to be heard

 

I will wait

 

And nothing will get done