End Game

Turn the lights down low

Close the blinds

Lock the door

Turn of your phone

Mute the world

Let winds blow

 

Not stepping out

Uphill or downtown

I am stepping off

Of this raging timeline

This hamster wheel

This infinite frown

 

Isn't it funny

How I put meaning into words

How I feel their power

Every letter

Every hashtag

How I am loving all this

And yet 

Right now

Silence is bliss

 

I could never fathom why people think

Cruelty is something to crave

To rather cheer on the bully and body shame

Egg on the actual brave

How color and privilege still muddy our waters

Until there's no one left to save

Don’t you dare hold your breath

Until they take the blame

For there is no end to their End Game

 

So I turn the lights down low

Close the blinds

Lock the door

Turn of my phone

Mute the world

Let winds blow

 

Don't speak

Don't call

Don't slide in my DM's

Your cries and fists

Are currently dismissed

Didn't you see the sign outside

My foe

My friend

No hate

Just remember this

In here silence is bliss