Susceptible
Week 16
you are not immune,
your blind spots will prevail -
the evil's out to get us,
hook, thorn, lie and trail
'I'm not the problem,' you say with pride,
to anyone who listens -
but while you turn your back to them,
they're pulling out munitions
'I don't think there's an issue,'
you declare without a search -
it's easy to miss the war
from up there on that perch
'these people just complain too much,'
you moan and whinge and spout -
how lucky you are to live a life
with little to grumble about
'supports are good, I guess,
but some people are just bludging,'
when all this push comes to shove,
it's you that we'll be judging
look within, think for yourself,
you've been far too susceptible
in ignorance you may feel bliss,
but disregard proves unacceptable
Dressed up nice, but why I'm unsure
To mourn a man I met not knew
Yet I'll attend and act mature
And show grief even if untrue
Sitting worried how it appears
Given the lack of woe I've shown
I see her there, eyes full of tears
Such I feel welling in my own
In this I discover new fears
Of a world where I'm not alone
An effect which I was aware
Yet for myself was skeptical
In this bizarre awkward affair
I've found myself susceptible