Printed In Ink

I exhaled a sigh.

And exhaustedly threw

 the morning paper.

Nothing took me by surprise now,

I felt like a helpless leper.

Brewing the world's miseries

 and drinking it all in.

Perhaps someday

 the reality would seep in.

Nothing made me dizzy no more,

The myriad of crimes

 had dulled my senses.

Rape,murder,disease,war- 

Left not a single scar.

Once in awhile, 

A paedophile or two

Would leave me askew.

Is this how we are to evolve?

The word "humanity"

Washed away from our mind,

With only a bleak line

 that separates us from animal kind.

Time's a wastin!

It's time to do

 a good deed or two,

And earn the title "human" anew.

Alas, I am done.

There's nothing more

 for me to say.

I'd be leaving this haven

 in a score or two,

And I bid ya'll adieu.

            

                                         -Khateeja Sadaf