To Whomsoever It May Concern

5.1.2020

        

Dear Society/Government,

If I gave you an armful

Of thoughts that I had,

Would that be too much to bear?

No, you say, each time I ask,

But what if those thoughts

Were questions in disguise?

And what if those questions,

Short as they may be,

Were about things no one wants to see?

Then what if more questions

Followed the first load?

Would that be too much to hold?

And if all those questions,

Were actually statements,

Would you stop and listen?

Or would you ask me,

"What are you saying,

Why can't you be submissive and behave?"

All I want, I repeat,

Is for there to be positive change.

Oh, is that something else you can't bear?

You wave a dismissive hand,

As you have countless times before,

When people say things you don’t want to hear.

Why then should I,

Exist where I'm not heard,

In this construct governed by fear?

                                                           - A concerned human being.