Inside you and me,
maybe a little more
in you than me.
So insane
we’ve gone too far
to see
each other
eye to eye.
Both of us
are going to die,
but one of us
is going to say we were right.
Holding the switch
from the bottom
and giving an inch,
it was never a problem,
but solving the one
that we’re on
is a long gone
conclusion.
We’re here
and we’re already
off on
another crusade
to divide
and live on the inside
the fear in our minds
starts to peel off our outside.
We secretly need
to feel safe from the fearsome
and we’ll give up anything
just to be near someone
who can make
all the monsters
go away;
especially
when they run through our veins.
There’s safety in numbers,
but we’re all alone
inside our brains.
Threats are everywhere
and we just want to be safe.
Little do we know
division is our weakest link.
Neighbor to neighbor,
father to son,
mother to daughter;
it has begun.
Immune to reason,
each and everyone.
Fail to comply,
the soldiers will come.
Race against race,
and belief against naught.
we only parrot
the things we are taught.
We’ve known this forever,
but we forgot
the lessons we learned,
and the lives that they cost.
Am I safe from you?
Are you safe from me?
Which one of us
stands accused
of lacking herd immunity?
Together we could survive,
anything that tries
to take our lives,
but we take a side.
We love to wave our flags,
and we love to back out team,
and the whole world goes black
and all we hear are screams.
I didn’t think
we’d ever need
a stronger vaccine
that make human beings
see each other clearly.
We need each other
more than any of us
can imagine.
HG – 2021
