we live in the salem of judgment
acting as though
these are the societal judgment trials
acting as though
we are perfect
and everyone else
is either subpar
or evil
by comparison
we look at people we don't like
or don't know
and act as though being propelled by
a mob
throw our judgment
like rocks
douse it in oil
and light it up
to surround those
we deem
inherently suspect
string it
at first as innocently
as christmas popcorn strings
growing into a licorice rope
and soon
it is a rope we unconsciously
throw around necks
at people
with lives
and loves
and families
we always forget they might have
because we're so
****
obsessed with ourselves
it's like
no one else
matters
or even
exists
only us
and our lives
and loves
and families
i'm not blameless
but whoever says they are
is not
just like the witch trials
though
our salem
tries to end
once it gets personal
it never seems to matter
who we hurt and judge
until
it's us
because that's all we care about
isn't it?
only
us
...
forever
Sep 10, 2017
Sep 10, 2017 at 10:44 PM UTC
we live in the salem of judgment
acting as though
these are the societal judgment trials
acting as though
we are perfect
and everyone else
is either subpar
or evil
by comparison
we look at people we don't like
or don't know
and act as though being propelled by
a mob
throw our judgment
like rocks
douse it in oil
and light it up
to surround those
we deem
inherently suspect
string it
at first as innocently
as christmas popcorn strings
growing into a licorice rope
and soon
it is a rope we unconsciously
throw around necks
at people
with lives
and loves
and families
we always forget they might have
because we're so
****
obsessed with ourselves
it's like
no one else
matters
or even
exists
only us
and our lives
and loves
and families
i'm not blameless
but whoever says they are
is not
just like the witch trials
though
our salem
tries to end
once it gets personal
it never seems to matter
who we hurt and judge
until
it's us
because that's all we care about
isn't it?
only
us
...
forever
