It’s okay, it wasn’t me
A man was stabbed at a party
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
A man was shot in a bar
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Someone poisoned by Tylenol
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Children killed in Atlanta
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Children shot at a school
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Towers fell, thousands die
We were collectively angry
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Bombings in Oklahoma
School shootings in Florida
We express our indignation
It’s not really rage anymore
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Children dying daily
A losing war on drugs
Terrorists, domestic and foreign
We’ve all become numb
It’s okay, it wasn’t me
Now, we are met
On the field
Of our next crisis
Sacrifices required
To protect others
And yet we respond
It’s okay, it isn’t me
It’s okay
It’s not me
Until it is
It’s not okay
It is we
It is me
© Ron Simpson Jr.
March 20, 2020
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