The Cost of Hate and Distraction

The world can feel so dark sometimes

that it’s impossible to know

if there is any good left

and we can get so lost in the noise

that constant distraction makes.

Too preoccupied

with things to buy

and things to do

and people to see

and places to go

and pictures to take

and videos to make

that we miss what’s really going on

Fueled by hate

and lust

and fear

and jealousy

that we trade our

humanity

for likes.

Trade our decency

for spewed rhetoric

in the comments section

dissecting the mistakes

and the lives of people

we know nothing about

all because of how they look

or the color of their skin

or how they choose to identify.

The truth is that everyone

deserves love

and perhaps if more people

loved each other

there would be just a little less hate

a little less fuel for the fires

Remember when you’re casting stones

at glass houses

that your house

is just as fragile

and will crumble as quickly

when the hate you spew

comes back for you.