Try as I might
I am untouched
by their plight
the starving millions
the drowning refugees
and all the victims
of distant wars
these are no more
to me than images
on my TV screen
briefly flickering
in my brain
to be switched
off at will
“to keep me sane”
I lie to myself.
Yet in truth
I know full well
I do not want
to feel their pain
preferring to remain
enclosed within
the cocoon of my
own petty anxieties
stubbornly unempathetic
my motto being
“I may not be in Heaven
but at least I’m not in Hell.”
~Ian Fletcher
Cardiff, South Wales
Revelling oneself keeping eyes and ears closed quite oblivious to whatever untoward is happening to people around us is a great insult to human beings…. putting ourselves in their shoes will help reach to their rescue…
Beautiful Poetry💐💐