BLAME GAME

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BLAME GAME

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We all can plainly see

The many woes and wrongs in our world

The unfairness, the fragile structures of life

Becoming smoking rubble

The blood, the wailing ...

Oh yes

We all see the horror life can bring

We all agree these things are heartbreaking

Wrong, even Evil

Therefore we must all be united in fixing these wrongs

Right?

Wrong.

The reason we can not immediately swarm in with help and comfort

Is because we must first stop and figure out who to blame

And we all blame the Other Guy

Which might be perfectly justified

But how does that help? 

The Blame Game becomes the focus

As if affixing blame will somehow work magically

To fix everything

Blame fixes nothing, helps no one, puts food in not one mouth

Binds up no wounds, dries no one's tears

If we can't give up our addiction to blame

Then for Goodness sake let's postpone it

Until we fix the problem, care for the injured

Relocate the dispossessed, Restore peace and harmony

Like the law has always maintained, fix the problem

Total the cost, and then legally assign blame and restitution 

In a court of law where blame actually serves a function

To begin the healing process, pay for the tort, and restore order.

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