I have been watching for 22 years

Half my life

Watching in silence
As the years rolled by
I watched people
I watched bureaucracies
I watched institutions
I watched the elite
I watched the powerful
I watched the unconscious
I watched the madness
I watched the scoffing, the judgements, the rationalizations, the disdain
I watched
I learned
I shall watch no more.

Lori Ellis-McKinney (2012)