i am

i don’t have tears,

i am watching the sky cry.

i am not hungry,

i am watching the child starve.

i am not a politician,

i am watching the corruption.

i am not angry,

i am watching the poor.

i am not alone,

i am walking with her.

i am,

and i have gotten use to it.

i don’t see one thing happening,

i see many and all at the same time.

i am not ignoring anything,

i am being ignored by this universe.

i don’t have tears,

i am just watching the sky cry.

Walter J. Brandt

2010