Tears for your pain

 

Watching a series on Netflix

It’s real people

Following a script

Yet, I sob for their pain

I laugh for their joys

I’m drawn into their story

For 40 minutes

Or an hour

It feels real

I turn to Instagram

This time, it is real

It’s not just a reel

It’s real, living people

With real, heartbreaking pain

So much of it, all the time

Why does it seem more acceptable

to cry for the scripted pain,

but not for the real pain?

If feels like a stab to my heart

My chest hurts

I feel it deep inside

Why must they suffer so much?

Why can’t we stop their pain?

Why do some people make their pain worse?

Decisions made

Harmful and hurtful

Cruel and damaging

Made on purpose

To make their pain worse

Unbearable
Overwhelming grief

Food denied

Baby food denied

Fresh water denied

Fishing denied

Shelter denied

Medical help denied

Education denied

Resistance to this hell denied

Dissent denied

Peace denied
Time to heal denied

Trapped

Nowhere to go

Bombs allowed

Snipers allowed

Drones allowed

Tanks allowed

Starvation allowed

Loss of limbs allowed

Trauma allowed

Death allowed

Sickness allowed

Lies allowed

Floods

Freezing weather

Strong winds

Tents blown away

Sopping wet blankets

Families separated

Children alone

Sickness abounds

Here I am

In a house

With food

A warm bed

Family

A doctor to go to

I am not living in their pain

But I feel their pain

like it’s in my body

God, we are desperate for miracles

For change

For soft hearts

For people to remember

You came for everyone

Your kingdom is about a love 
that is expansive and inclusive
Our neighbour is everyone

Your love knows no bounds
We need to love the same
With your love

Please lift the veils of deceit

Let us see clearly

We need spokes in the wheels,
in the wheels of injustice.
We need them jammed
For them to stop turning
For chains to be broken
For freedom
For life and light to return
For families to reunite
For medical help to enter
For food in abundance
For laughter
For truth, the real truth
For hope