When Camouflage Is Needed
New poem! It’s been a little while but I’ve finished something new. I wanted to give some sort of reassuring reminder in poetry form and after a few reworkings I think I got it.
When Camouflage is Needed
By: A.X. Bueno
In difficult times it can be hard to figure out what to do
Where to go
It can all overwhelm
Make you question how often your hands are truly at the helm
As you navigate how much you should stand out
Or how much you should stay in the background and blend in
It can be hard to feel like you're constantly struggling
Struggling to survive
To have some sense of peace
To feel like what you're doing matters
To actually know when you are or will be heard
And knowing when you don't have to say a single word
Not every battle has to be yours to win
Or even be an active part of
Inaction is always a decision
But doesn't always have to be considered some horrible sin
It's a matter of acknowledging
When it's worth speaking up or fighting and when it's not
For sometimes it's better to stay camouflaged
Instead of in unnecessary and unwinnable arguments getting caught
Know yourself and your associates well enough
Enough to trust what you're doing isn't purely out of worry or fear
You just know it's better to be concealed now
So you don't waste energies that are best spent on other things
That you'd rather be doing with the rest of your year