prodded and (labeled)

prodded and (labeled)

in trying to speak
delicate words to describe
pity and death of children born to
civilian slaughter          
i find none left      
but those heavy    and laden
with truth       i become
                    
the heavy word
the bearded word
the veiled word
the fundamentalist word
the Islamist word

the trapped and the terrorist
words         and woes of those
who would have you believe
“sympathizer” is synonymous
with sin

in sinning
in being flesh i find
we get angry
the heavy worded ones
react to lightly worded
“resolutions”
delicately spoken
to make the victim
a villain