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HUMANITY OR INSANITY?

Without humanity

there is only insanity.

Children kill themselves and one another,

forgetting we are all sister and brother,

with guns and weapons of war

until no one feels safe anymore.

When humanity is not in play

the other becomes easy prey,

to satisfy weak ego’s need

for power to feed their greed.

Self-loathing hides behind the cloud

stirred up as sycophants run, wowed

by the big man’s stolen wealth and fame,

in an endless hateful, meaningless game.

Without humanity 

there is only insanity.

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ICED OUT

Staying set apart is not so rare.

Children who are different

in whatever way offends

the most common denominator

understand and try to make amends

to be included, and not excluded

from the play, the party, the repartee

alongside lockers and desks

and walking home, along the way.

Isolation ices out those different.

Being together used to be

celebration enough for me.

Isolation even after immunization

and boosters brings PTSD

from past to present imagination.

Birthdays and weddings,

funerals and christenings

are no longer safe

for those like me.

Isolation ices out those different.

Cupcakes delivered to the door,

invitations to celebrations where new histories are born

leave those unable to attend forlorn.

We lose not only today’s events

but the connection to friends and family

forged from the past to new futures

where our existence remains unseen.

We are isolated from not only today

but from every tomorrow’s remembrance.

Isolation ices out those different.

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