We can view it from a distance
safe on comfy chair.
We can turn the volume down
on a war, unjust, unfair.
We can turn the chanel over
watch a "soap" instead.
We can ignore silent screams
of terrified living dead.
We can say it's for the best
but what do we know?
We can heed the politicians
who control the oil flow.
We can empathise sorrow
for the lost and left behind.
We can weep the destruction
of man and woman kind.