don’t discredit me
by Alex Haller

“snowflake” you call me,
wrapping me up in this snowstorm
of inexactness
of generalization

gnashing your teeth,
you fill with rage when i express my own
discontent in the disconnect
between life for you
and death for another.

do you not understand
the way your words
impact each other?

blind to your own resentment
deaf to your own displeasure
do you see the consequences
of your actions?
do you know how it feels?

you zealot
you uncompromising fanatic
you hard-headed dog,
bearing teeth
when all we want
is
peace.