TIMEKEEPER: FORWARD
Louise Annarino
May 18, 2012
Who keeps the time
to say
when change
is on the way ?
Or marks the place
we stand
where change
meets new demands?
Or opens the book
which tells
which change
expands and swells?
Or fills the gap
between
which change
remains unseen?
Who is this time
keeper
Of mutual discourse,
Of unfulfilled promises,
and half-way-there schemes
which lack the votes or means
to reach the goals we set
together once?
Was it less than four years ago?
It seems so
much longer when
we went to vote
for better times and thought
we could rely on
One another to reach across
the aisles, for once.
Who is this time
keeper
staunch and loyal
president
who remains faithful
to the pledge
that time is on
Our side
with history pointing the way
and setting the pace
despite those who place
Obstacles in our way
to stop the metronome
and stand in the way
to delay progress
until election day?
Vote OBAMA! Keep time by marching forward together.
annarino writes 