insulated from the world,
I have kept myself
in a cocoon of safety -
I see injustice,
I see persecution,
racism, bigotry, violence,
poverty, devastation,
I see war,
I do nothing -
I rail against it
in my mind,
and with those of like belief;
I take no stand,
I send no money -
I remain silent,
insulated, safe
as the world burns -
its fire will warm
until it consumes all
