Do not mistake
kindness
for weakness,

cause it takes
strength
to fight this
anger,
to resist
the fury
that persists
as I watch
wicked men
go one waging
a war against the truth,

as I watch
woman
reward
*******,
those
elite
alpha
monkeys,
with a love
that is
rejected
and abused.

It takes
a determination
most do not have
to maintain
compassion
as pain reigns
in the open veins
of bully’s victims.

It takes will power
to smile and be polite
when violence
racism, and sexism
run rampant.

Sometimes,
it takes all I have
to swallow the bad
and work small acts
of compassion
into my day.