of course we're not equally guilty
but we're damned equally
responsible to make the world
fit to live in
we talk the talk, but don't walk the walk
so how do we get to work, leaving
out the lame gestures, the empty
effin rhetoric
and...oh, this ridiculous, ridiculous
eggshell-walking pantomime
humility. I'm lookin' for humility
here, and dreamers.
need the dreamers back, people,
unafraid to be saints, not merely
holy shyte good,
unafraid to punish the murderers,
not place blame on
the murdered
can we: speak honestly
hear with sympathy
act humbly
I am sorrowful. we have lost the path
to Kindness. we seem to only circle back
to square zero
we do dialogue, we do dialogue to
freaking death and have zero point crap
to show for it
when we find what is actually required
to serve the hurting, it's too high a price.
and beautiful excuses are available,
darlings, in such ugly abundance
--Jo VonBargen 2012
