OUT OF THE PIT

12-18-2021

We yearn to turn corners

while we burn

for familiar faces

and easy spaces

where change is paced

and we can remain sedate.

But, transformation

of a dying nation,

shaken to its foundation

can never feel safe

by standing in place,

while violence and fear

obscure all we hold dear.

Using both brains and brawn

we must soldier on

crossing boundaries beyond

those we set long before the big con,

like filibusters and indictments

of former president’s incitements;

until our path is no longer blocked

by those who should be locked

up.

Up, look up!

It is the only way to climb out of the pit.

Climb, even though Republicans sit

on their hands, hands out for any bit

of coin, or power, unwilling to admit

failure. They only look down, sit down,

lock down the march to save the crown

jewel that is the republic where world-wide freedom is sown.

This is not the time to count the cost

of what it takes to regain what we have lost.

Up! Up! Look up!