Listen To The Darkness Poem by Eric Cockrell

i dont want to write
anything soft and beautiful
anything moving tonite

i'm just damned tired
of oppression and fighting
to just barely get by

of watching good people lose it all
children going hungry, wars
and more wars

no work, no jobs, no chance
to get out from under
of being lied to, used and abused

i'm tired of people not being human
and i think i'll just go curl up
with my dog
and listen to the darkness!