worried we're all living out an awful purge movie
seeing the same refugee in people fleeing war
as those turned away at the border
as those living out on the street
as me -
people without somewhere else to call home
cruel chaos
I feel so powerless.
Before 2020 I'd guess 80% of people cared about human rights.
But if 20% were terrified into silence,
and 20% were gagged - barred from protests, incarcerated, lost everything or are under duress,
20% exhausted due to stress...
Only 20% might be left
energized & free
to actively protest now.
An illusion of "the few".
Making it seem like it's only a "minority" who care,
so they can be discounted and dismissed.
Do the 60% missing know that's bullshit?
Will they still be there in the ways they can when they are needed?
Where are they now?
Where did people go?
Why did protests spring to life like they did -
why did it feel like the world could have changed -
only to leave us in a shadow of tears and disappointment?
