Inflection Point

Tempest thick with molten wires,
A nation teeters on fresh dug graves.
Crossroads loom, the road not taken,
While burning cities consume the sky.

The air hangs heavy with tears of forfeit.
Crossroads claw through fractured haze.
The ground beneath us shakes with anger.
The world a witness as madness reigns.

Our shared zone of interest
Right now is right here.
We know nothing
Of what’s happening
One block over.
In movies that’s called
Off-screen space.
The nightingale lives there in that space.
The homeless live there in that space.
The mentally ill live there in that space.
The innocent victims of war live there in that space.
Reality marches on whether we take notice or not.
You and I are living through a shitshow
Of an historical moment.
Perhaps it’s time we take notice.
Perhaps it’s time we expand our zone of interest.
This is our inflection point.

But, until that time…
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