Dismissal

We each should feel accepted, valued, heard and welcomed.

Photo by Katie Moum on Unsplash

The world can be chaotic
Families growing distant
Friendships becoming stagnant

So many live in isolation
even though surrounded by
other human beings
caught up in the web of life
trying to free themselves
before life strangles them
cutting off their oxygen supply

If they lose consciousness
how long will they wait
till society develops a treatment
that cures the world of its selfishness
and greed?
How may more innocent lives
will be lost to the same ordeal?

Everyone wants to be seen
not looked right through
like a ghost
This desire should not make one
weak
Why not be sensitive to how others feel?
The insistence on equality for all lives
should not change