Mourning and wringing our just-washed hands,
seeing the suffering, wanting it to stop
but staying out of the fight,
living in the safe zones

Hating it but letting it go on —
the cruel way things are organized —
not making it stop — not seeing how to make it stop —
not seeing how many people want to make it stop

The meek: we are the many.
We’re the ones who just want to live
and let live. Our lives are not
about power and money.

Our lives are about
our families and friends.
If they are well,
we are well.

We don’t want to fight
over money and power.
We don’t want to fight
at all.

We just want to live and let live.

Right now

that seems like a lot to ask