Accountability used to mean something but
I have watched it dissipate
To vapor and mist A parody
Of its previous self
Lost in the shadowland Now
Darkly negative vaguely meaningless
Revenge and retribution and justice
These are the new faces
Accountable
Hides behind lurking in the shadow
We have assigned it a power
It does not deserve We made it
A monster and now
Timidly cower before it
Desperate to escape tearing claws
Bob and weave, twist turn and duck
Out of terror we create new
More insidious monsters that can hide
In plain daylight
Masquerading as virtues
And these in truth are far more
Treacherous than the monster we do fear
To the one in the shadows we gave
A ferocity it did not deserve while
Those in the light we cloaked
In decency they did not possess
He had good intentions
They tried their best
She meant well
I only wanted to help
New language we made to let
Ourselves feel virtuous for once Just
This once There's no harm
But as we strengthen this language
We feed the beast we've created Drive
Accountability farther into the dark and
Inflating intention, meaning, trying into heroes
That can vanquish the demons
Doubt and insecurity and self-hate
Haunting us But
We are running headfirst into a trap we made ourselves.
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