My chest protests another assault
My frame keeled over
Protecting my most vulnerable core
Like a foetus I lay curled
But I wish to detach the umbilical
No longer absorb
For the air is filled
With pain, fear and anger
My armour long past crumpled
By the dents and impact of news
From a world fighting, not learning
So much love and humanity
Overshadowed by the noise
Of a broken society
Acid of empathy burning
My heart and my eyes
My spirit weakened not nourished
Tempted to sever the connection
Give the adrenaline of flight a rest
My body starting to crumble
As your barbaric selfish acts
Steal the little strength I had left
My heart wrestles with reason
And I declare that:
I just do not understand
For the diseases of this Earth
Microscopic and monolithic
Are incomprehensible
And I, too tired to try and decipher
Their meaning and purpose
Wish just to hide
Debbie Gravett © 2020.06.05
FOWC: Frame
RDP: Protest
Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay
Debbie Gravett 
So powerful!
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Thanks
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This sums it up for me. What a crazy world we live in. Stop the planet I want to get off.
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Exactly Jane. Not permanently, but my heart needs a break. Sending love and light to you.
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Hang in there! Focus on the highest trajectory. Love, love, love!
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Thank you Victoria. Much appreciate your visit. Yes, love is where I need to focus.
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I feel all of this so much, especially wanting to hide. I’d like to find a pretty little island somewhere–and stay there.
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Hahaha. That is exactly what I’ve been thinking. I told my husband that I wasn’t sure if I would be able to people again once our lockdown was over.
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