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A Note to Bystanders
I never predicted tragic outcomes, or caused them
No..
But ask me, was my biggest mistake enabling them, if I could stop everything?
Yes.
Being a bystander in the midst of chaos feels just as bad as the perpetrator to a jumbled mess
It does
And expecting a rescuer, is like picking up my broken uke, playing it on the assumption it miraculously mended itself
I’m no miracle worker
I’m not.
They don’t save bystanders
They don’t.
Confidence is key, they say
But I’m not good at listening
Or keeping keys, they tend to go missing
It seems this time, I’ve lost everything
Even my will to change
If bystanders were ever good at anything
It would be watching
That they’re good at
They are.
My note to you, in these final lines
Hints to the fact you ought to stand up for what’s right
Don’t watch a fight turn into war
But remember, if you do
You have no right to judge the outcome that disappoints a bystander
I get it
Do you?
No..
But ask me, was my biggest mistake enabling them, if I could stop everything?
Yes.
Being a bystander in the midst of chaos feels just as bad as the perpetrator to a jumbled mess
It does
And expecting a rescuer, is like picking up my broken uke, playing it on the assumption it miraculously mended itself
I’m no miracle worker
I’m not.
They don’t save bystanders
They don’t.
Confidence is key, they say
But I’m not good at listening
Or keeping keys, they tend to go missing
It seems this time, I’ve lost everything
Even my will to change
If bystanders were ever good at anything
It would be watching
That they’re good at
They are.
My note to you, in these final lines
Hints to the fact you ought to stand up for what’s right
Don’t watch a fight turn into war
But remember, if you do
You have no right to judge the outcome that disappoints a bystander
I get it
Do you?
Published 29th Apr 2020
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