The News
I scan the headlines,
pause, reflect.
Can I tolerate reading more:
George Floyd, the virus,
political games, voter fraud?
But can I afford
to ignore
the lives denied,
the daily decisions made
by the brave
to raise us
to a higher level?
I sit in my privileged space,
safe, humbled.
Afraid.
Me too–afraid to look and afraid to look away.
Yes, agreed!
Wow! This expresses well what so many feel right now.
Thank you both!
I don’t know what to comment here except that your News is a great poem.
Thanks!
You capture our present time in few words