Is it too much?  The weight we have to bare
to accept being human, to take in all the bad
while trying to protect what little good we
have left
Is it too hard to accept?  All the ugly things
right at our doorstep, all the monsters
looking back from our mirrors
Children shooting children and all the parents
crying a day too late, we should have taught
them better
We should have helped them lift that weight
We could have taught compassion, nobility
and reason, instead we threw out food rather
than feed the hungry, taught hate and fear to
justify war after war
It isn't ****** if you're in uniform, minimal
loses of minimal lives
Is anyone keeping score?
Who can tell me whose god is winning?
Every side praying for better days while refusing
to find a better way
And it is too much and I cannot accept...
The weight isn't crushing me
The monsters don't frighten me
I just can't be human anymore