People and Protocol

So many people hurting

Crying and screaming on the floor

Trudging through total disaster

How did we end up in this war?

Do we love our protocol

More than the people next door?

What cost will we keep paying

As we watch everyone in pain

A little voice inside says,

It’s okay, its not me

Well its not you yet

But soon it will be

If you will only fight for yourself

What will happen if that’s all you have?

Banging down your door

Dragging you across the floor

Who will fight for you then?

When it was you who didn’t take a stand

Saying,

“It’s not me,”

“It’s not me,”

“I don’t have to worry.”

Now you have little choice

As the new leaders bring you to your knees

Numb to your pleadings,

Because you said,

“It’s okay,”

“It’s not me.”

Reviews

[no tell writer]

oh but one does have a choice, wars aren't usually fought alone, unless it is your own personal war!
wonderful, insightful read

[StormeLight]

True, we do, even if it takes us awhile to see what those choices are, it is about the war we are all fighting or hiding from. Its a poem to speak to George Orwells novel of 1984 coming to pass, the longer that we only think of ourselves instead of fight battles for others too. The quote that inspired me to write this was from a Lutheran Pastor living in Nazi Germany, he said :

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.



Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

It reminded me that we all have a duty to each other, when evil tries to have its way. We must all stand up for each other, even if it was possible to just keep our head down. All around the world we are fighting for our freedoms back, and if we choose to only fight for what affects us at the time we fight, we may not have anyone to stand up for us when they come for us