Blind (poetic expression)

We can go down blind alleys 
In pursuit of our own interests
The military can blind us with science
When robbing our budget blind
When we are in a bind
We are often flying blind
How is it that FOFB
Is more important than FOMO?

Sometimes we cannot see
When the answer is right in front of us
Or we express our outrage
By liking a post or advert on a bus 

How do we stand by
When others are suffering
Is blindness literally seeing
Or feeling what others are feeling?

In elections do we vote
For parties that will care
Or for those that promise to suit
our interests more than be fair?

People in Ukraine are being bombed and killed as we speak
Our Government sends arms and political rhetoric
We shout at China for domestic vote gain
Whilst keeping people out and not feeling the pain

The UN is stymied from action
By the permanent fives
Each can veto any action
That might save lives
This imbalance was designed in
To make some more powerful than others

If only we realised
That each individual has powers
To live, to create, 
To contribute, to relate
To express, not dictate
To free, not negate
To disarm, not detonate
To love, not hate
To lift, not deflate
To act, not wait,
To highlight, not negate
To be true, not conflate
To enliven, not sedate
To breathe freely, not be controlled by the state
To work together and innovate
To encourage and motivate
To care and elate

May be we can see the power of one
That is the power in each one of us
To truly be all of who we are
In all our moments and situations
So we are no longer blind
So we truly see what is happening and what we can do.(NRS)