Not An Option

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Despite all our best efforts and hard work
nothing seems to change as people still suffer.
That's when I feel like a failure, a useless jerk
when horrible injustices still manage to occur.

People are drowning in the sea trying to get away
from a government that are corrupt and deadly.
Citizens just want to be safe rather than the prey
going to extraordinary lengths just to break free.

We can't save them all, I once heard him say
but that doesn't mean we shouldn't even try.
I understand the complicity, the layers of gray
yet if no effort is made, the pain would multiply.

We must stick with conviction rather than caution
becausedoing nothing is no longer an option.

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