words escape me
to whom words are life's blood
I cannot understand cruelty
I cannot understand blithe indifference to suffering
especially of the innocent
I cannot accept it as business as usual
only in a holocaust does it have any explanation
never justified
mourned
as I do now
golden fixtures cannot shield the guilt
bloated wallets lose the tether to humanity I assume
how sad
how disgusting
I will not speak of it
it is shameful
it is embarrassing
it stalks my rest
my conscience weeps
it renders me
silent
with disdain
I am silent