Really


It doesn’t have to be this way,
No really,
We have followed in the pits and holes
Of those before us,
Again and Again.
Not just today,
REALLY!

It doesn’t have to be this way,
climbing on each others backs,
Knowing better than YOU.
Who are you?
REALLY!

Hey You,
It doesn’t have to be this way,
ME, pointing at YOU.
Because I know,
Because I said so.
REALLY!

And now you weep,
and cry
Because, now,
I hurt YOU -
And a little bit of
you
died.
REALLY!

And,
it doesn’t have to be this way,
It is not in our DNA -
REALLY!

All it takes
is spending a day
with a tiny
Baby
REALLY.

It was once
You and
Me,
Pure heart, babbling,
Just wanting
to be safe,
and fed
and warm
and loved
and clean.

It doesn’t have to be that way,
It can be this way,
REALLY!

The soul is still there
Despite the muck and the yuk
Of the finger pointing
and screaming
and blustering.

It doesn’t have to be,

REALLY!


Pat Mulroy 12/10/16

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