Don’t look, don’t look,
there’s looting on the streets.
Don’t feel, don’t feel,
don’t watch your brothers bleed.

Don’t say, don’t say,
don’t breathe another word.
Don’t hear, don’t hear,
don’t tell’ em what you heard.

Don’t think, don’t think,
remembering what’s the truth.
Mindfulness, bearing witness,
is something - not for you.

Don’t ask, don’t ask,
why changes never come.
Don’t cry, look to the sky,
for all the things you’ve done.

I said, don’t touch, don’t touch,
the lives beside your own.
Don’t pray, and never say
each heart’ll have a home.

Copyright, Suzy Davies, 2020.