Too Much and Not Enough
A poem
Sometimes there are too many assholes to argue with
Too much brutality to be brave
Too much chaos to be clever
Too much distraction to be determined
Too much evidence to endure
Too much fascism to fight
Too much grief to go on
Too much hate to hope
Too much incompetence to be inspired
Too much judicial bias to get justice
Too much killing to keep the faith
Too much loss to let love lead
Too much mistrust to march
Too many Nazis to knock out
Too much oppression to overthrow
Too many pedophiles to put in prison
Too much quiet to question
Too much rage to resist
Too much sadness to stand up
Too much trauma to transcend
Too much urgency to unite
Too much violence to vote
Too much war to bear witness
Too many extremists to exile
Too late to wonder why
It won't be easy
But we must try!
About the Creator
Leslie Writes
Another struggling millennial. Writing is my creative outlet and stress reliever.
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Comments (10)
Yes. It won’t be easy, but we must keep trying. Congrats on your Top Story!
Painfully true great work
This is brilliant. Congratulations on top story! 🥳
Excellent work on this. Love the use of repeating language in poetry generally, which is executed really well here!!
Very many terrific lines here Leslie! - and how we can all feel incredibly defeated in respect to so many issues, yet we must keep on. Love it. 💚☺️
Omgggg, at first I only realised the alliterations! You should have seen the way my jaw dropped when I realised you were using all the alphabets in order as well! Soooo brilliant! Congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
It can be so difficult sometimes to see the glimmer of good in all the bad out there but we must! And this is a great reminder that all is not lost!
Never give up fighting for good 👍🏽
That first line said it all. But we rise up and fight because we know it’s right.
We must try indeed, and not let the baddies win