I Did Nothing…..

NOTE:  The following poem is borrowed from an anthology of poetry entitled “The Changing Seasons of Life”, authored by Fred Blahnik and published in 2017.

 

I Did Nothing…..

By Frederick J. Blahnik

 

He was hurting…..

And yet I did nothing…..

He was in desperate need…..

And I wasn’t there for him…..

He was being tormented…..

And I stood by and watched…..

The bully was real…..

But my response was virtual…..

His eyes were haunting…..

Yet I paid them scant attention…..

I had an opportunity to do right…..

Instead I did nothing, which is the same as doing wrong…..

We crossed paths for but a few minutes…..

Yet that was plenty long for me to shirk my duty to mankind…..

He was in need of an ally…..

But I didn’t step forward to offer a helping hand.

 

Today I faced humanity’s most crucial test…..

And I failed…..failed it miserably.

 

And now I have to live with my unforgiving conscience; it is as relentless and constricting as a Burmese python…..

But I deserve this fate……

I really really do…..

I will be punished severely by my moral compass, by my inner conscience, by my metaphysical weather vane, by my avatar of God…..

As well I should be…..

Absolutely I should be!!!

 

Inactions can be every bit as sinful as forthright actions.

The bully was very real, but my response was virtual…...