Watching Is Easy

I just saw you standing there.

Why did you look away that night

When they pushed him to the ground?

You were close enough to hear him breathe

Close enough to hear the sound

You didn’t shout, you didn’t move

Didn’t reach, didn’t run

What held you there?

You didn’t strike

You didn’t flee

You waited till it stopped being loud

Watching is easy, staying clean

Hands in your pockets, eyes unseen

You didn’t choose, you didn’t fight

You let it happen in plain sight

Watching is easy

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You were there

Were you scared of doing wrong

Or scared of doing right?

Scared to stand there all alone

When no one else stepped out of line

You told yourself it’s not your place

Not your voice, not your call

But if everyone thinks that way

Who ever moves at all?

You stayed calm

You stayed still

Was that sense — or just comfort?

Watching is easy, staying clean

No bruised hands, no broken skin

You didn’t lie, you didn’t act

You stayed silent — that’s a fact

Watching is easy

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You were there

If it was your father on the floor

Would you still have stayed back?

If the crowd was smaller

Or gone —

Would you?

When does courage start?

Before…

Or after someone else goes first?

Watching is easy, staying clean

But clean don’t mean you weren’t in

Part of the moment

Part of the scene

Just not the one who intervened

Watching is easy

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You were there

You watched.