My heart bleeds, bends, breaks, over and over. At this point it is covered in scars. Long deep gashes. The world demands we look away from its ugly underbelly, its violent foundations, the graves and bones of our fellow humans, upon which this colonial empire was built. Moderates tell you to accept, to ignore, to grow out of it, to focus on yourself. But how can I accept the unacceptable? I can not be numb to the horrors that surround me. Willful ignorance is for the ignorant. What a perfect word. Ignorance. That is exactly what I see.
Ignore the people abandoned, left to die, in the streets.
Ignore the living beings who were bred, tortured, and killed for your enjoyment.
Ignore the 30,000 bombed and massacred in your name.
Ignore the millions dead and disabled from COVID.
Ignore your heart.
Ignore your soul.
It’s better for your mental health, or at least they have convinced themselves as much.