Pantomime

How deeply your morality sways

When confronted by your day to day

How freely you can flaunt the pain

But when you’re out of lines

And right and wrong all fall behind

Can you justify

Your cruelty to the world?

Are you terrified

Of your own words?

You’ll pantomime

A feeling that you rehearsed

To quantify your work

How quickly your focus shifts

Two or three days and then you’re on with it

It’s not a lie

You say at least you tried

But the guilt will only grow

And you’ll ask yourself

Can you justify

Your cruelty to the world?

Are you terrified

Of your own words?

You’ll pantomime

A feeling that you rehearsed

To quantify your work