Afraid

The owl fell dead from the tree,

nobody noticed.

The moon sunk low into the ocean,

nobody noticed.

The vines gave fruit to rotten meat,

nobody noticed.

The trans girl cried no,

nobody noticed.

Nobody learned.

Nobody listened.

And when the world crumbled around them,

they said,

why didn't you say anything?

History is a circle.

Driven on by dead birds and empty oceans.

Driven on by rotten gardens and transgender tears.

Nobody learns.

Again it happens.

I see it coming.

I have no proof for you.

I have no evidence for the court.

All I have is my screaming stomach.

For the tragedy that comes again, again, again.

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