We became indifferent to the suffering of others
Since otherwise we would have been broken
Shattered in the pain of it all
As it happened we grew filters and justifications
To walk by corpses on sidewalks
We didn’t look
But we saw them anyway
Every way we walked
We walked past need outstretched
We walked through regrets into simulations of grandeur
Refugees from truth camped in illusion
Feeding fear with terror
Becoming indifferent to our own hearts
David Trudel © 2013
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David, so sadly true.
I know. I once met a family who went through the ciivil war in Lebanon who described how the children grew indifferent to the explosions and the gunfire and, yes, death.
Wow.
It’s so sad to read this, and yet it is so true. It is also astonishing that we acknowledge this is happening, and either chose to do nothing, or don’t have the resources to help. It’s a shame that this is a part of people’s lives. I do think that posts like this can help spread awareness to this issue.
Thank you Sara, I appreciate your thoughts!