#hatred
ONCE AGAIN
Once again our nation…our world…is mired…in a sad and gloomy fog
as 11 more people have been massacred in a Pittsburgh synagogue…
11 innocent people praying one minute…the next ceasing to exist
11 innocent people added to a long and growing list.
Once again we are filled sorrow…once again our grief we can’t disguise
Once again we feel for the families…once again the whole world cries…
Yes, once again we’re crying as more of our innocence drifts away
because tears are all we have left…when we have no more words to say.
Joyce Fienberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86, (husband of Bernice)
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 88
Irving Younger, 69
Hawks
Squealing pigs;
non kosher,
are sacrificed to the birds
and are eaten alive
The hawks descend
from above
to take their spoils
their claws dig into their flesh
and rip them apart
Auto Phobia (Hatred of oneself)
It is not an object that ought to be joked or ridiculed at sight.
It will destroy you during the day; it will destroy you at night.
It will destroy you every waking second of each day.
It will destroy your affiliations and make others turn the opposite way
It will extinguish your triumphs and make them appear petty.
It will provide you the urge to pick up that like a machete.
It is not just something you can get rid of at whatever time you choose.
It passes around an addiction to afflict your own bruise.
It will capture your body and leave you with no control.
It is like life in prison with no chance at parole.
It is a murderer. It is an evil. It is a disease.
It will have you just constantly weeping on your knees.
No individual can help for they do not understand,
They look past the scars that are at the point proximal to your hand.
-Jasmine Skye