apathy

“Apathy is not compatible with love”

Perhaps this is why I post rants on Facebook

Perhaps this is why I wake up in the middle of the night

Furious and cursing

Perhaps this is why I look at people who support evil

And simply cannot comprehend

And simply cannot stay silent

I would love to be apathetic

I would love to not care

For the homeless

The person with mental illness

The person who is poor

The immigrant

The woman who is minimized and oppressed

The person of color who must walk in fear, not because there is not law enforcement presence

But because there is…

I would love to not care for the children

The elderly

I have my retirement accounts

My stocks which are soaring

What the hell do I care!?

But I do and my heart hearts every time

I hear our person in power lie

Every time he bullies

Every time he diminishes another

Every time he runs off to his golf course to enrich himself

I ache every time I see a protection removed

Every time I see our government rob the poor to give to the rich

I simply cannot let it go

I cannot

I cannot

For love will not allow me

To distance

To numb

To deny

Apathy is not compatible with love