Jan 12th 26
How do you reconcile frowns and disbelief
while your friends fight while terrified
to survive against their government?
How do you balance watching loved ones
cry in fear for their lives and safety but
your country just shrugs and laughs
about christmas gifts and song lyrics and
one-liners?
My friends starve and fight and wonder
if they're going to be disappeared by men
in masks.
England and the rest of the world at large
pretends it doesn't see - doesn't hear
the overt and explicit declarations of war.