To the World

I'm watching
Through a telescope of ten
buttons and one
screen

I'm waiting
Just for you to go
and smile on
camera

I'm forgetting
what my grandmother said
you used to
do

I'm wondering
why you had to storm
in and pull that
trigger

I'm fighting
the urge to do something
that would be very
stupid

I'm listening
for just that small note of
rarity when you are
good

I'm seething
as you repeat those same
mistakes that you won't
learn

I'm hiding
from the horrors of all
your faces that
sneer

I'm feeling
trapped and surrounded by
your millions of arms and
fingers

I'm praying
that you will stop focusing on
differences and see you are the
same

I'm running
from the gripping fog that
wants to ****** me up
also

I'm trying
to make some change but
there is nothing I can
do

I'm trailing
after your destruction and
picking up my own
tears

I'm tempted
to submit to your skewed
values and just give
in

I'm biting
to your words so I can
live swimming in
death

I'm falling
into your sad, sad maze
of rotting words and
promises

I'm asking
why you can't hold hand
and for once get
along

I'm thinking
about how many angry people
how many sad people never
laugh

I'm trembling
when I see the flash of fury
taken out on poor innocent
children

I'm hoping
someday I'll take your hand
and you'll squeeze back and
smile