Only a moment
in time, outrage so profound,
turns nation around.
Unknown woman posts “I VOTED” sticker on Alex Pretti memorial.
Tag Archives: DEFEAT MAGA
MESSENGERS OF THE FALLEN
Each leaf a messenger from time before time
of cold nights following bright days
along sun’s lowered, angled lines.
Dust particles stir on autumn’s breeze
and from furnace blowers sight unseen.
Fall cleaning is upon us soon as we prepare
for even darker days and deadening cold
reminding us winter snows will silently descend.
We wonder if and when the darkness will finally end.
Falling leaves teach us hope for certain
as we watch them drop their curtain.
They remind us that only if leaves fall, can new leaves grow.
Centuries of Nature’s lessons tell us this is so.
A leaf falls with each vote cast in November.
Elections help us to remember
Spring will come again in fruitful splendor.
SADLY,ONLY A QUESTION TODAY
Even the sun-rise is solemnly quiet today.
moving from dark black to half-mourning grey.
Protests no longer seem enough to keep evil at bay.
A nation dawns dark robes in courthouses along the way.
Its people gather in darkened-by-blood pews to pray.
Pews misguided by male power, compassion set astray.
We mourn the loss of liberty today, and every day.
When will white male supremacists finally be made to pay
for their evil, unlawful, lying, bullying craven displays?
This question continues and refuses to go away.
Our answer cannot afford to wait. We cannot delay.
A NEW DAWN
Even the pictures on the wall
are tilted to the right.
Was there another disturbance overnight?
A tweet, and email, a deep-meet out of sight?
Did I stay asleep to avoid another fright?
When dawn came to anew and renew me
I woke to the strengthening light.
I straightened every picture on every wall.
Was all this only a nightmarish dream after all?
I suddenly feel stronger, the longer I recall
what the world looked like before America’s fall.
Once again, I vow, Americans will be able to stand tall.
NOT A LOOKING GLASS, NOR WINDOW
I see you looking through the glass
aghast.
As Alice in Wonderland you fear
falling down rabbit holes.
We all do.
You think the glass is a window.
It is a door.
You seem not to know
it can open for you.
A small push against the lash
can open the way
to a world where anything
is possible.
Everything is now in play.
The old ways are falling away
pushed aside by fearful elements
with false ego and too much pride.
They lie to create a place to hide.
No door is too strong to block you.
You are an American voter.
Your vote holds sway.
Yes, I see the barricades
being put in place, more every day.
Your strength, dear voter,
comes in numbers so strong
they cannot hold the door closed too long.
Once through the door
we clean the debris away.
Americans living in the light of truth;
we light our own way.
American voters will have their say.
