SOME WORDS MUST REMAIN
SILENT ON THE PAGE
INSTEAD OF SPEAKING OUT LOUD
THEIR OUTRAGE.
NEED I SAY MORE
TO THOSE WHO EXPLORE
EVERY NEWSPAPER AND PODCAST,
AND BROADCASTS GALORE?
YOU KNOW WHAT WE FACE
AND THE FEAR THAT REPLACED
THE EXCEPTIONAL HOPE
AMERICAN BIRTHRIGHT BESTOWED
ON THOSE WITH OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN SHORES,
OPEN MINDS AND OPEN POLLS.
NOW SHORES AND POLLS ARE BEING SHUTTERED
SCHOOL BOARDS AND STATEHOUSES CLUTTERED
BY THOSE NULLIFYING NOT ONLY OUR VOTES,
BUT OUR RIGHT TO CLAIM
OUR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
IN MORE THAN NAME
ONLY. IF ONLY, WE COULD SPEAK OUT
UNASHAMED AND ALOUD.
WE ARE NOT PERFECT, PEOPLE, BUT WE MUST BE ENOUGH
AS THE GOING GETS TOUGH. WE MUST BE ENOUGH.
annarino writes 