POETRY: They Want Free Empathy
I am not an ableist and I respect the journey of your families Wander the globe searching for quintessence But were your ancestors blind, they could not hear? Were they dumb? Maybe they did not see They saw and pretended they did not They approached a land of refuge treating people horribly And settled They had to eat rat burgers, that's their cause Should we forgive their feigned ignorance? Why must we be empathetic to your unique plight? When, according to you, our families have been here, under constant incessant siege? You joined the siege, gleefully You thought the grass was greener and it still is You just cry when it gets a little brown, at least it isn't on fire And has not become black The waves, skies, deserts and mountains you feared You thought you would never have to fight the same fight as us Now when there is no imminent death, just a flight home We must respond, as we always have, empathetically You're not facing death. You are facing ...
