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Are They Monkeys?

This poem portrays a deep sense of disgust and helplessness toward a modern society overflowing with violence, hatred, and vulgarity.
Even events taking place far away cling to the speaker’s mind, provoking frustration at human cruelty and at the silence surrounding it.
The phrases “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” are reexamined here not as wisdom, but as forms of escape and cowardice.
In its final line, the poem delivers a harsh insight: when human beings lose reason and ethics, they may become worse than animals.


 Are They Monkeys?

I rage
at scenes of cruelty
too horrific to bear.

I am tormented
by emotions
that hold nothing but disgust.

Though it happens
far away from me,
for some reason
I cannot reject
the reality of it.

See nothing—

is that merely escape?

I am shaken
by words so filthy.

I spit in contempt
at such arrogant vulgarity.

Though I will never
encounter those people,
for some reason
I grow restless
before a reality
I cannot resist.

Hear nothing—

is that merely
a phantom voice?

I am stricken
by suffering so merciless.

I feel hatred
toward those sneering faces
that mock humanity itself.

Though voices of criticism
never seem to reach them,
for some reason
I fall into despair
before a reality
that remains silent.

Speak nothing—

is that merely cowardice?

Crowds of humans,
worse than monkeys,
press against one another.

Written on May 26, 2026.
A nauseating sense of unease clings to everything.

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