Poem: Stop
You need to stop.
You need to understand you can’t
Keep doing whatever you want.
No matter how much you believe
You are owed, you can’t own me.
Stop. For a moment, just pause
And see the harm you cause.
In blind unthinking need,
Just take a moment to breathe.
You have more than you will consume,
Even more stockpiled in your rooms.
I see the panic in your eyes
The anxious want that clouds your mind.
But stop, and look around,
There is blood now on the ground.
You stand upon the shattered shards
Of what was once my heart.
In remembered love, in simple humanity
I stand now, still without weapons or shield,
In hope, in trust, and yes, in stupid blind belief,
That you don’t really want to hurt me.
©alka
Dec11, 2014
