You’re too comfortable
in silence.
You live in a society
in which
daughters
ask their mothers
for abortions
instead of ponies
and boys are taught
by their
fathers,
the best ways to
beat
a woman.
Give me something
more
than
“Domestic problems
are found all over.”
You’re alive in an era
where starvation
is an issue
that we’ve just
not
been bothered
to solve
and children,
younger than your firstborn,
are passing bullets
instead of notes.
Tell me now
how you’ve “liked”
that relief fund
you saw on Facebook
the other day.
You go through every moment,
an over-oiled cog
in the machine.
You’re living.
You’re alive.
Right?
Tell me that you are
and I’ll show you
the dead that still bellow.
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Fantastic social piece.
You’re too comfortable
in silence.
You live in a society
in which
daughters
ask their mothers
for abortions
instead of ponies
and boys are taught
by their
fathers,
the best ways to
beat
a woman. – Awesome writing, hard hitting, real.
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I’m loving the pun.
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haha thanks 😀
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Very powerful, Alekos.
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Thank you, dear. 🙂
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Actually, I’m very impressed with your work in general. 🙂
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Thank you! That means a lot. 🙂 I still freak out every Wednesday, though.
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Really impactful. To be alive is a gift and we take that for granted. To not suffer in life is a gift and many of us take that for granted to. Your last line is powerful “the dead that still below” too many we could’ve made a difference for, and we didn’t. But as much as we should do something it’s also reality, there is darkness in this world one cannot fight alone. Well written.
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Thank you. And true enough.
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