I'm tried
People like them
Don't understand people like me
They can just live
In their own little worlds
They can just turn off the TV
& pretend nothing is happening
But I'm not given that luxury
I can feel the rape & murder
Genocide, oppression, injustice
I can feel everything
It's why I've had panic attacks
Ever since birth
'cause I'm connected to all life
Not in the bullshit Buddhist way
"We're all one"
No
We aren't
At least not like I am
And I'm tired
Sometimes I just want to be numb
Numb from the pain & injustice
At least for a moment
Like normal people
But I'm not allowed
'cause normal people think
Being numb is running away
While people like me
We know being numb is how
We keep our brain matter inside
[25 May 2022]