I am not the crisis. <br />Not I but 'we' permitted this existence. <br />With a commitment to ignorance, <br />And unwilling to listen to comprehend... <br />As divisions defended began to not end. <br /> <br />I am not the crisis. <br />Not I but 'we' permitted this existence. <br />As we allowed the getting of 'things' to bring, <br />Indifferences between us... <br />To manipulate a suffering we both say that stings. <br /> <br />And today that peace sought has crumbled to pieces. <br />To leave us to wonder how did it all start. <br />With both us denying who created it and when. <br />As our arguments heat into endless debates, <br />That has created a hatred tearing everything apart. <br /> <br />'I hate you.' <br /> <br />~But why? ~ <br /> <br />'I don't know I just do.' <br /> <br />~Who benefits from it? <br />And where is the proof? ~ <br /> <br />'I just know I am better than you.' <br /> <br />~Is that something you were told, <br />By those who start conflicts too? <br />And where are they? <br />Observing us choosing to be the fools? ~<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/not-i-but-we-permitted-this-existence/
