Sufferers

They say they want some food.
They say they want water.
They say they want shelter.
They say they want our women.
They say we can’t deny them.
They say it’s for our own good.
They say they’re protecting us.
They say they don’t want to beat us.
They say they don’t want to hurt us.
They say they’re protecting us.
They say they’re protecting us when they take so much food we can’t feed ourselves.
They say they’re protecting us when they take so much water we can’t quench our thirst.
They say they’re protecting us when they take our homes, leaving us in the cold.
They say they’re protecting us when they return our women bruised, battered and broken.
They say they’re protecting us when it’s their boots on our throats.
They say they’re protecting us as they slip the knife between our bones.



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Written on 2025-11-23 at 15:08

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
And there seem to be so many of them everywhere you look.
2025-11-24


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
What a powerful poem this is! It seems to be an almost worldwide problem nowadays... I was going to add 'sad as it is' but decided that implied acceptance, so no, 'as unacceptable as it is' is better. As a younger man I would have been inspired to do something about it, and maybe in those days there might have been the chance of a modicum of success. But we now need a global response to resolve this, and until 'the masses' recognise their power it will continue. :o(
Blessings, Allen
2025-11-24