No One Else Cares But I Do

Before today it didn't matter

Now that I do know I can't easily forget

Either helping someone in need

Going out of my way to right something that I feel is wrong

I admire those people who close their eyes

Not just to blink or sleep like I do

but to ignore the problems in life

They just go on their merry way

As if it didn't happen

Not thinking twice of their next move

Caring little for others in a tough place

I know it's hard to make sense

When I am being so vague

A lot of people don't like to be mentioned

So I put it in words that you might understand

So I try to report the incident without the victims of the alleged crime

An example might be a mother who is not respected by their children

She is mouthed off to in a supermarket

Most people say it's non of your business

It's her life

Let it go

Stay out of it

Walk away

Think of something else

Don't get involved

You will be sorry you did

You are creating a new problem

You don't know people today

Well the truth is I have to live with myself every day

I wish I didn't see what I saw

Now it's too late

I have to say something

It isn't right

Maybe if I say it in such a way

They might think about it

Maybe they might not do it again

Then again it may not affect them at all

These problems and situations happen every day

You can't try to solve or fix them all

I didn't look for trouble

It just happened

So with careful thought and a split second decision

I speak up

I would never talk to my mother like that

And if I did

I would get a back handler so fast

I would never do it again

The person looks at me

I am thinking what are they thinking

First who am I ?

Why are you telling me this

Then I continue because I'm not done yet

I say you can do what you want

But don't be surprised if one day

You get something you didn't expect

No one should be treated like that

How would feel if your kids talked to you like that ?

I had to leave because I was afraid I would act out what I really wanted to do

So in a hurry I left the uncomfortable situation and went on with my business

I heard no words

Like I'm sorry

Your right

Just a blank stare

It could of been a lot worse

Who do you think you are ?

Mind your p's and q's

They could of told me

To go blank myself

Blank you

It didn't happen

So as I go on about my day

I had to write about it

The more I talk about it the better I feel

This is only one of hundreds of situations that haunt me

It wouldn't be right just walking away

Even though people do it every day

I am so glad I am home and with the people I love and who love me

Maybe I am not cut out for the real world

Maybe I wish the world was different

If I try

I can make it better for someone else