Its Not Me, They Said

Its Not Me, They Said

By: Tyler Ross

Another long day,

sitting with my thoughts

and reading everyone’s pain.

Its constant clutter,

keeps building

and breaking down 

all we have gained.

Its so familiar

this hate 

surrounding all my friends

so much sadness

and letdown

not seeing who they are

or becoming

more ego and dying hearts 

from what’s important

loving everyone near and far

In constant battle of losing myself

to everyone putting themselves upfront

the selfish

the knee-jerk

the constant reminder of how its getting worse

instead of being better first

and extending empathy…

a togetherness building thirst

What’s worse… 

is the lack of unity

bickering, dividing

and no impunity 

is being served for the violence

trying becomes a science

when it should be clear

that a human alliance 

will guide us

to a better place

for all 

where people are viewed as people

seen equal

and working together 

to prevent a damaging sequel

opportunity for all

no matter gender, creed, or color

bringing power back to the people

instead of thrusting ego 

destroying one another

while the uppers stay upper

controlling our lives

making our existence even tougher