I don’t know why I sat there
and fed myself footage
of tsunamis, and police brutality,
and travesties of justice,
don’t know why I kept watching
when up till then my day had been
so positive

I don’t know why I then got impatient
and wrote a note that brought a bad reaction,
don’t know why I seem to want
to escalate it

I will refrain. I will
take myself to bed. I will
wait until morning. Maybe
by then the flood waters
will have subsided
and I’ll see a clear path.

©Wendy Mulhern
April 9, 2015