What you claimed to feel
was empathy.
What you truly felt
was irritation.
How dare the news intrude
with bombs and othered misery
upon that safety you’ve
been building?
You do feel a little ashamed
at this self-interest,
but you are pleased
that you have stopped briefly
to consider others
you will never meet.
People you will never
be. Lives you are certain
will not touch yours.
This is why your people
migrated here, after all:
to be untouched by others.