"The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running..."
― Elizabeth Gilbert
not see the consequences. Not see how their
actions have affected other people.
I notice every little thing around me.
When someone's acting different,
when someone's feeling more upset than usual.
Even the people I'm not close to, I notice.
So how can other people be so oblivious to everything?
Those moments when you
realize just how skrewed up our system of government
is.
Rich, drunk, 16 year old, kills 4 people, paralyzes 2-3
other while driving drunk... gets probation and is sent
to a clinic, no jail time.
Singer, gets drunk at 19, drag races, nearly kills
someone... people are trying to make sure he's
freed.
The judge claims that the sentence he gave him would have
been the same for anyone else in the same
predicament,
I would love to see someone from my neck of the woods do
that, because I know they would go to jail.
A daughter claims that her mother was murdered and has
evidence to bach her claim, police still call it
suicide.
Someone believe that someone is breaking into their
house, calls the cops but the cops don't come.
That same person shoots the intruder to protect their
home and family and goes to jail.
Police shoot a black man who was just trying to find help
because his car broke down.
A man shoots another guy in the theater because he was
checking up on his daughter right before the movie
started.
What happened to this country? What happened to
thinking before you act?
No one realizes their consequences or they don't get
punished at all.
Why is that? Why can't we punish people who break the
law?
My voice is small but I wonder if someone else can hear
it and try to pass this concern to the next ear.
Our government needs to start over, to treat everyone
equally, being rich, being famous, being black.
none of that should matter.
what should matter is the crime that was commited but no
one seems to see that anymore,
all they see is a face and a name.
“If only we could
see the endless
string of
consequences that
result from our
smallest actions.
But we can’t know
better until
knowing better is
useless.”
*Driving in the car with my brother*
brother: Do I want to kill us?
me: what?
brother:
brother: Eh, f.ck it
brother: *pulls out his phone and starts texting while driving*
Neatly on a shelf
In labelled glass jars
Filled with vinegar
To preserve their dormant state.
(Now you can look them straight in the face)
I'm going to s c a t t e r all your deeds
In a transparent cabinet
With black velvet to cushion you
And showcase all you have done
(To yourself, to him, to her and everyone)
I'm going to gather all your putrescent bones
To mask them as treasure
In an unsettling sea of your own
Acidic blood,
So you can finally be a fossil.
And the only thing that will matter is
