Time hangs suspended in the tomb,
rolled back behind a solid stone
chasing thoughts away
of what occurred yesterday.
Shrouded in a mystery
foretold by history
evil reaches across the space
where fearing loss of power
the great losers rage by the hour.
We helped create our own purgatory,
where all we do is worry
rather than embrace the true reality
we not so suddenly face.
We must roll away the stone
and bring truth home;
look at what we have done
and what we have failed to do.
The stillness of this day must renew
a strength we once embraced with pride.
Now we cower and we hide.
Are we so fearful and so weak
we dare not take a peak
into our shaking souls to see
the selves we have come to be?
Only we. Only we. Only we
becomes our litany.
Only we can stop the hate
that acts upon the institutions
we must rely upon
to uphold law and seek justice
to protect all of us
and this country we proclaim to be
the seat of freedom and democracy.
We must open up our eyes
and roll away the lies
that block this holy space
where salvation will arise.
Vote away the hate.
it is not too late.
annarino writes 