do i look sleepy
do i look sad
have my eyes
already packed their bags

and working hard
as an unpaid miner
just so i could –
perfect the art –
of digging deep

as if,
someone has evaporated the load
and stopped my shoulders
becoming over bowed

people have been taught –
to blame others
and they been good pupils
eager with their homework

they have taken
damaging lies
and turned them –
into monuments
for the truly divided –
to praise

you are right
i knew it was coming
but…
it does not make it any easier

i am not resistant
but i was made to be stubborn
when others decided
i would easily give up

what was she thinking?
me,
being asked to do something
that they took away from me

telling people to listen
and abstain from hate
learning to share responsibility
and as people, we are a collective