Work It Out

by Jennifer Schmidt

Don't wear me out

talking about your

soapbox stands and

your bandwagon plans.

You tire my ear

and to hear is a gift,

in fact this rift was created

because you've traded

ignorance to prove to this world

is decaying. But there you

stand, preaching and praying

not reaching me or the

issues you care most

about. You scare me.

I don't want to

hear your shouts.

I wish you'd just go

work it out.