Don't Say Anything

Look the other way

Don’t say anything

just look the other way

obsession

becomes oppression

you can’t win

it’s a sin

Why is it that way?

there is more to say

quiet so long

the same old song

the man behind the lens

lurking

jerking

controlling

trolling

She feels small

so, she faces the wall

in case he is watching

from the dot

hidden behind the chair

over there

behind the screen

now blinking in a tree

she can hear him breathe

it must be in her head

we will excuse him instead

and move ahead

Don’t they know

this is not an end?

Somewhere else he will begin.

What is this poem really about?

This poem is about being watched and a predator that uses devices to do so. It happens more than we know.

It is a crime. It is an invasion of privacy. It is sexual harassment.

Yet so many times, as with other forms of harassment, it gets ignored and the predator moves on to the next victims.