The Robbers

05 Nov 2016

There's been an attempted robbery.

As they peered through the window,
we found ourselves frozen in fear.

NO TRESPASSING
They ignored the sign,
justifying their right to be there.
Later they'll say they "didn't know it was there".

We didn't know you were there, either.

"Hands up!"
"Put down your weapon!"
The burglars retreated.

Some of them were acquitted.
Others weren't, swimming away with their
d i s g u s t i n g crimes
because you can rob a bank if your judgement is impaired
and the bank never told you that you couldn't.

Right?

Yet some of us were left alone and wounded,
others had cherished treasures taken away forever,
but from me they took nothing.
I don't know why. I'll never know why.

But I still tremble at the thought of someone
taking something that wasn't theirs to have and
the image of robbers
picking our locks
will haunt us
until someone else guards our doors.