(Non-combatant, make it happen) All but defeated I took myself to shelter Shunned other people With only one exception, sometimes, you The more of them I cut out The quieter it became But other people’s business Will find you just the same Will get to you the same All but defeated And the struggle left me Wrung out and reeling a broken version of what for your sake I’d tried so hard to be The poor non-combatant Hung the flags out and looked away But other people’s business Is going to find you just the same Non-combatant Make it happen Non-combatant Make it happen Poor non-combatant Find your own way to engage Other people’s business Is going to find you just the same It’s going to get to you the same