June 24, 2025

eradicate one war
and we’ll throw a tantrum on the oval office floor
because we’re all just children
trying to impress daddy
trying to get back the love we never found
and we think that adoration is one step above
and fear another

but inside, those who start wars
are empty inside
and just trying to fill their own souls’ holes
with explosions of others’

i can’t teach the lessons
that they’ll never learn even from their own experiences

but i can make sure i never forget
my own humanity
and empathy
in any part of my life inside me

[and that’s why i vote with my conscience
for those with a
conscience]

April 15, 2025

the plight of the whistleblower
is to have enough morality
that you step forward,
but to have enough tactical planning
to get yourself in the space to have the evidence
first

i wish
i wish i
wish i could be
that tactical
[or that close to valuable info]

but the moment i feel uncomfortable
morally
i either shout it out to/from the rooftops
or speed away in the opposite direction

[one of many reasons i’m never privy to any sensitive information]

i suppose i’m trying to convey that
i’m proud of anyone who can stay in a situation,
gathering,
without losing themselves

whistleblowers, you have my great respect

now if only your evidence counted for anything
in this clownshow of a government